Max Cleland

I would say, sir, that we are okay for the present time, but no one is saying that we are okay for the long run because we have to define what the long run really is.

This was a baby that was dropped on our doorstep. So we are looking around to get enough milk to keep it alive, not just keep it alive, but to dramatically improve it, and we have done that.

I have felt that the American Battle Monuments Commission is really America's premier storyteller of our story abroad.

Patrick Hallinan has been doing a great job out here. Now he is the tip of the spear.

That is rare in this town and I for one really appreciate it.

The secretary of the Army has asked me to be the co-chair of an advisory committee, now, because full-blown statutory authority now, thanks to the Congress--to advise the secretary of the Army on matters concerning Arlington.

Sir, it is--the American Battle Monuments Commission Memorial on the west coast, there--the Presidio in San Francisco has the names of the missing of those who died in the coastal waters of the United States in World War II--1941 to…

That is in keeping with the spirit in which the American Battle Monuments Commission was created.

Anyone who visits and doesn't come back awed by that experience doesn't have blood in their veins.

The gut part of that, sir, is what we call our new financial management system.

It'll be at Pusan, Korea, as a matter of fact, sir.

Well, it's just about $300,000, we can handle that.

I told our appropriations Subcommittee on the House side last year, that when it came to that point where we couldn't do our job, then I would be ranting and raving on his desk and on yours about that.

For the greatest of this generation, we owe all of our efforts toward providing them the opportunity to make sense of their lives.

Nothing solidifies the life of a disabled veteran like a job. It provides focus, it provides meaning, it provides purpose in living.

The guide to surviving the war back here.

I will say that coming to the House is an interesting experience because in the Senate, we are not limited by the 5-minute rule.

The role of the American Battle Monuments Commission is really truly incredible.

You start talking about closing Walter Reed, and you start having what you have now. That is, a lot of doctors that are senior, they are looking forward to retirement.

The Democrats want to withdraw our forces, redeploy our forces out of harm's way in Iraq because we think that losing over 100 kids a month is not the right course. It is time to change the course.

You've got to lance that broken bubble. I mean, you know, it's been a narrative for Republicans for decades now.

The mission was to Kerry to the president this plea to please stop attacking the credibility and courage and character of John Kerry.

And now nine members of the Senate and millions of Americans around the country are asking George Bush to make one phone call, to his friends here in Texas, and say stop this insanity.

The message, denounce the ad.