Mark Kirk actually said...

I agree with Senator Kirk that the money that was associated with those payments was ransom, but we do not have to get into semantics.

I can say that not only because it's true but there are no other members here representing the other three who could contradict that stateme...

Missile defense is one of my greatest priorities as chair of this subcommittee.

When you talk about strategic risk, that is a very bureaucratic way of saying that this is what you would stick our soldier to live in.