How could local, state and federal authorities let this debacle happen? Who should ultimately get the blame?

I introduced legislation this week to say that every state, local official working with the federal government has to have a plan to get out folks who are disabled, folks who are poor, folks who don't have access to automobiles and…

decide each case on the facts and the merits alone. That is what our Founders intended. Judicial decisions ultimately have to be based on evidence and on facts. They have to be based on precedent and on law.

Now the test for a qualified judicial nominee is not simply whether they are intelligent.

it appears to be an entirely open-ended commitment.

Is the resistance on those reforms coming simply from countries that are in the midst of development, or are we also seeing resistance from allies, like France and Germany and others?

Absolutely, but again--I know I am out of time here, but that is true in Sudan.

I would urge that there is a clear signal by the administration in its budgeting process this time out that we are moving forward on this.

I know that it has a wonderful reputation for bipartisanship

I never got quite a clear answer to Senator Biden's question as to how many troops, Iraqi troops...

if our measure is to bring our troops home, and success is measured by whether Iraqis can secure their own circumstances, and if our best troops in the world are having trouble controlling the situation with 150,000 or so, it sounds like…

I think the notion that we have a very real and present danger in the nihilistic ideologies of radical Islam, I think most Americans share.