Dick Lugar

They're mentioned specifically in this section.

Thank goodness the Judiciary Committee deals with this and witnesses who are hoping to become judges and at various levels, and these are serious issues in which many Americans believe the judiciary is often making law as opposed to…

Under our Constitution, decisions about the use of force involve the shared responsibilities of the President and the Congress.

There are enormous debates in the Senate as well as the American people about various legal principles, even discussion of various constitutional amendments and their meaning for each one of us.

determining whether the requirements of such a justification are satisfied in any particular case can present exceedingly difficult questions.

Dean Koh is widely respected across the legal and political spectrum.

If confirmed as Legal Adviser, do you intend to recommend any change in this position?

The battle began in late March when Fox News firestarter Glenn Beck said Harold Koh, Obama's nominee to be the State Department top lawyer, supported Muslim sharia law.

The Framers of the U.S. Constitution designated the President as Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces, but entrusted to the Congress the authority to declare war.

We know from long experience that a military mission is more likely to be successful if it is broadly supported by the American people.

It's important that we hear from many different perspectives about the way forward.

I have come to this hearing from an equally vigorous debate, over breakfast.

I think that Americans across the political spectrum agree that the situation in Afghanistan cannot be solved by military means alone.

We must take the time, we must, in fact, rebuild, or build, from the beginning, a country that is very complex.

I don't need buckets of money. I need some help with really expensive technology that's very promising that I can't build commercially today in China.

the key is, How do we incentivize low-carbon strategies? He's right on the money.

common, but differentiated, responsibilities.

China is moving, in many ways, more rapidly than the United States.

if we were to get an agreement in Copenhagen, where you have the developed world agreeing to certain levels of reductions...

Thank you very much.

Going to Copenhagen without congressional action or without at least some sentiment expressed is going to be very debilitating to your efforts.

Whatever happens at Copenhagen or other locations will require ratification by the United States Senate in the form of treaties.

I am in complete agreement with your statement, 'What everybody wants to know is, What does this mean to me and the decisions I'm making?'

This hearing offers an opportunity for the Obama administration to provide details on its intentions with regard to climate change policy and negotiations.

as Senator Lugar was talking about earlier.