The President, Secretary Clinton, Secretary Gates, and National Security Advisor General Jim Jones have all commented positively about the prospects of the United States and Russia working on a common missile defense.

I would ask you, as the new Secretary of the Navy, if you would go and speak to your superiors...

This is a great opportunity for the country of Iran to crack the door.

this is part of the new breath of fresh air that I am talking about and the transparency that is needed.

I hope you will take--and I can tell you I speak for a number of Senators, because we have discussed this.

I think in this era of freshness and transparency that the new administration would want to come forth with detail instead of this mumbo-jumbo that is going on.

the Federal Government under the Bush administration has not come up with its appropriate share, and we have got to correct that.

What a great opportunity for the Obama administration.

Well, isn't the President-elect supposed to make a statement today offering details?

the Bush administration starved NASA of the funds.

We are going to have to buy rides from the Russians.

do not make it a political document; make it a budget document on how we are going to have sanity and common sense in the budgetary and appropriations process and entitlement process of the U.S. Government.