Samuel Nunn

That dedication translated into far-reaching pay and benefit initiatives that have helped maintain the fundamental strength of the Armed Forces--its people.

On the RRW itself, if Congress gives a green light to this program in our current world environment. I believe that this will be misunderstood by our allies, exploited by our adversaries, complicate our work to prevent the spread and use…

I want to start by saying thank you very much for the tremendous leadership that you have given.

We pay attention and push the Russians on questions of accounting fully for their chemical-weapons stockpiles.

The future of U.S./Russian cooperation on nonproliferation and the dismantlement of weapons of mass destruction is contingent also upon the continuation of the Nunn-Lugar Umbrella Agreement.

today I want to congratulate Ms. Nell Strickland, Director of the Army General Library Program, on the occasion of her retirement from Government service. I am especially pleased to note that she began her distinguished career in my home…

Yesterday the Nation lost a true hero, Lewis B. Puller, Jr.--a combat veteran of Vietnam. The dramatic story of Lew's life is movingly told in his Pulitzer Prize winning book, ``Fortunate Son.'' The story of his experiences in Vietnam, his…

my bottom line is, I support the Mitchell resolution and oppose the Dole resolution. But I do have a lot of caveats about it. The largest caveat about the whole debate is that we are in real danger in this country, not simply in the…

I think we need to give the President some direction with some kind of resolution, but also some support and some flexibility. I know the President of the United States wants to lift the embargo. I do fear that over time we have not been…

I appreciate his steadfast support of national security. He has made that record over and over and over again. I do not agree with him in terms of the implications of the Grassley-Exon amendment, because I have watched the Appropriations…

Mr. President, the President of the United States made a statement yesterday that all of us have listened to and listened to very carefully. There were really three parts of his statement about Bosnia. He made it clear that he felt the…

I say to the Senator from Massachusetts that I think this is why we have a President and executive branch. I believe it is very difficult to legislate here on the floor of the Senate enough contingencies on a piece of legislation to take…

I would say to my friend from Virginia, I think the military personnel, men and women in the military, will be looking at the U.S. Senate vote today to determine basically whether they believe that the U.S. Senate is capable of looking at…

I thank my friend from Nebraska. I commend him for those facts, which I think are very important. This would be an exception. This would be a dramatic exception. I am not against exceptions where the facts warrant them. I am not against…

the Navy JAG, Judge Advocate General, resigned over this. The head of Naval Investigative Service resigned over this. We held up nominations for months and months, and looked at every single record of those coming before us, as to their…

I would say we have a serious problem in the whole investigative services, not just for the Navy but for the other services. But we also have it not simply in sexual harassment cases, it is across the board. And I have talked at length…

the culture does need changing. And I happen to know that Admiral Kelso spent more time trying to change the culture of the Navy in this area, probably than any other feature, during his entire CNO tenure. That is why I am here defending…

I believe the Senator said no one except Lieutenant Coughlin lost a job. That simply is not correct. The Secretary of Navy resigned in light of all of this, and then Admiral Dunleavy, who was the Chief of Naval Aviation, was forced to…

As the senior uniformed officer in the Navy, Admiral Kelso had supervisory responsibility for those who planned and conducted the Tailhook symposium and for those who conducted the investigation. The responsibility, however, was also…

I could not identify with that broad a statement that the Senator from Maryland made. But I would readily agree that, based on what I have read, there certainly was not cooperation by a number of Navy officers. They did not cooperate with…

I think at the outset of my comments I want to stipulate just a couple of things. First of all, the Tailhook symposium activities were totally repugnant, repugnant to the U.S. Navy, repugnant to the women who were there, whether they were…

our committee spends an extensive amount of time reviewing nominations on the issue of accountability. Our actions in the Tailhook matter are a prime example. All Navy and Marine Corps nominations were held up by our committee. The Senator…

I am pleased to be cosponsor of S. 21, the California Desert Protection Act. I congratulate Senator Feinstein for addressing and resolving the many issues that have been associated with protecting the California Desert. It has been a…

Frankly, as painful as it is to make these kind of choices, I think the choices are long overdue in terms of our fiscal picture. I am pleased that the Senator from New Mexico has offered this amendment for really two principal reasons…

I do not think I will require a whole lot of time, but I rise in support of the Robb amendment. Mr. President, I had hoped we would not reach the stage where we really were attempting--and it certainly may not pass, but at least there is…