Do you agree that such cooperation with Russia would send a powerful signal to Iran that we are united against their threatening policies and programs?

The new plan protects all of NATO Europe by 2018, and will provide additional protection to the United States.

That's simply inexcusable and our NATO allies must do more to close the gap in trainers.

The LCS proposal you have before you is the fruit of those efforts. It delivers better value to the taxpayer and greater capability to our fleet.

As NATO continues its work on a new Strategic Concept, do you see any consensus developing on the future role, if there is one, for nuclear weapons in NATO?

Great service, however, always comes with great sacrifice.

It seems to me this is part and parcel.

I think that is along the lines of what we were proposing as well.

I would take 2 seconds just to say that I disagree with your comments about Middle Easterners and Muslims and the implications of those comments.

I too think that your suggestion is an excellent one and it's very consistent with the approach that Senator Lieberman and I have advocated on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Religious tolerance does not mean tolerance for violence and extremism.

I couldn't agree with you more. Sometimes views that are clearly either inherently violent or promote violence are dressed up in religious clothing.

I so want to appreciate the fact that you have collectively recognized the very effective and loyal service of thousands of Muslims.

How many people were recommended for the watchlist the way he was by our embassy that were not added to the watchlist?

I want to commend this Committee on the expeditious way in which you do handle nominations.

It would have been a very large number eligible to come in.

That is sort of instinctively troubling, is it not?

So would your agent in Amsterdam----

Do we share information with Great Britain or other EU countries as to who is on their lists?

But should he not have access to the TIDE list?

I understand. This was a regular routine process that----

This was an automatic process.

One request is that not just my statement, but that a letter from the Governor of the State of Michigan to the Attorney General of the State of Michigan be incorporated into the record.

I commend a remark of President George H.W. Bush while making a donation in the Oval Office during Desert Storm.

This classification of high risk, unacceptable risk justifies mitigation to control negative effects and means--and these are the key words--bighead carp are organisms of major concern for the United States.