Saxby Chambliss

But does it not make more sense to see what that study says before we go about reducing the subsidy in a significant way?

Does it not make more sense to phase those out as we phase in the F-35?

I agree it is an old platform, but it has done such a great job in recent theaters.

I think it is time. The other options are not that concrete and not that positive.

The Air Force Chief of Staff, General Welsh, has made it very clear that the Air Force's top three acquisition priorities are the F-35, the KC-46, and the long-range strike bomber.

Captured terrorists can be gold mines for information that we should need, and therefore we should not treat them like ordinary criminals.

Now is not the time to bring dangerous criminals, dangerous terrorists, into the United States and give them the benefits of our criminal justice system.

I hope you'll be a strong voice against any policies that try to undo the intent behind the FAA.

We must not commit the same mistake of losing what the President termed a must-win war.

We cannot let Afghanistan suffer the same fate as Iraq. We must not withdraw from the fight before we finish what we went there to do.

The Department is committed to the U.S. Plutonium Disposition mission and to fulfilling its obligations under the U.S.-Russia Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement.

I want to again take off on something Senator McCain asked you about.

There is no long-term solution in Afghanistan without some sort of cooperation out of Pakistan.

I was pleased to read in your advance policy questions about your strong support of their mission and your eagerness to further strengthen our cooperation with our partner nations.

Do you think that firms will participate in the sharing of information if they are not granted pretty much blanket liability protection?

The fact that the administration did not give General Alexander the kind of support they should is really pretty disturbing on my part.

It's truly unfortunate that General Alexander was put out there on a limb by himself by the administration to seek to explain these programs.

Thank you for your service and your commitment to freedom.

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the TRA. The TRA forms the basis of U.S. policy towards Taiwan and affirms the U.S. commitment to maintain Taiwan's self-defense capability.

I thank the Chair. (The remarks of Senators Chambliss and Isakson pertaining to the submission of S. Res. 323 are located in today's Record under ``Submission of Concurrent and Senate Resolutions.'')

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