Edward M. Kennedy

Okay. Well, last year the Republicans attempted to repeal the restrictions on nuclear weapons with a yield of five kilotons or less, the so-called 'mini-nukes.'

What is going to happen in terms of American servicemen if the Kurds start going over and reclaiming their old lands?

So wouldn't the action in the Nuclear Posture Review violate a long-held commitment under the nuclear nonproliferation treaty?

I am very concerned about North Korea and the dangers that they have in terms of production of nuclear weapons grade plutonium.

I join with all the members of the committee in commending all of you for the job that you have done preparing our Armed Forces to deal with the eventualities that we are going to be facing.

The administration has presented a Nuclear Posture Review that suggests grave changes in our policy on the use of nuclear weapons.

Is the United States seriously considering using any nuclear weapons against Iraq?

Many of us are concerned about the position of the administration on nuclear weapons.

I'm concerned that the use of nuclear weapons in Iraq in the absence of an imminent overwhelming threat to our national security would bring a near total breakdown in our relations with the rest of the world, particularly in regards to the…

Do you know whether these types of systems are being planned for deployment in Iraq to protect our troops and the personnel helping to rebuild Iraq from terrorist bombs?

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and I join as I am sure all of us do with the words of Senator Levin in commending you, Mr. Secretary and General Myers, for all that you're doing for the service men and women of this country.

I do not believe that this conflict in Iraq is going to last a very long time.

Did they also consider in the administration's classified Nuclear Posture Review that said nuclear weapons should be considered against targets able to withstand conventional attack?

the children of these men and women who are being repeatedly deployed deserve to have a quality education in a well-funded school.

Does the Department of Defense plan to reinvent the wheel in evaluating these systems for its own use, or will it cooperate with these other agencies and take advantage of the analyses already conducted?

I agree that figures are not always necessarily absolutely accurate, but what we have is a pretty significant pattern.

But the majority did not find that.

ours, Massachusetts, John Adams drafted our Constitution in Massachusetts and made it very specific with regards actually to--on the responsibility of the State in education.

You would have prevented her from doing that, thereby allowing Wal-Mart to reap from the benefit of the lies.

Well, that is a sad conclusion that has happened in some States.

This is enormously important.

In the Russell v. Industrial Commission, the court stated that your dissent lacks statutory support for its position.

I support Senator Leahy's proposal and hope that that can be--

one of the real best weapons that we have in the struggle to improve the lives of those who are left behind in our society is education.

Well, the reason I raise this, you mentioned some, and I will review those cases.