I have been able to separate these two issues, not that they are completely separate.

Americans expect that the publicly owned airwaves will serve the needs of all citizens, regardless of race, creed or national origin.

I don't think he conducted such a war, and I choose to defend him in that regard.

There is no system under our law that permits us to put people--to deprive people of their liberty without process of law.

We can't hide from what the commissions were set up to do, not just try people with tainted evidence, but hide the details and identities of those who obtained that tainted evidence, to hide the details and the identities of torturers.

So I would urge this Committee to abrogate entirely, repeal the Military Commissions Act and restart courts-martial and article III proceedings for those cases that need it, and I thank you.

Appearances in terms of conflict of interest are important, do you agree with that?

I appreciate the opportunity to make this statement, and I hope that all the past corporate or political papers that are brought forth by Mr. King will be after Hayes-Tilden because that way we can rely on you for experience.

I am not impugning any of your motives or what you did during the course of this particular case, but what I am suggesting is the authority ought to be moved from prosecutor's offices--I disagree with Mr. Rosenberg--to the judiciary.

The most effective way to fix our broken health-care system would look like Medicare, but improved and expanded to cover everyone.

He acknowledged that the privilege is overbroad and overused, and that he plans to embrace several principles of reform.

Since I know the President and the Attorney General better than anybody in this room, would you explain to me why the President is so ambivalent and why the Attorney General didn't send anyone to this hearing?

I am for state secrets. There are some secrets that we've got to keep away from citizens and Congress people and everybody else--bloggers.

I just wonder what you eight and Mel Watt and Maxine Waters respond, how would you all respond to this chronological fix that I think we are in.

We are holding them because they are combatants in the traditional definition of combatants and under the rules of war, you have the right to hold them until the cessation of hostilities.

It is time to make real change in our health care system, a change that works, a change that is fair and affordable and serves all Americans.

Private health insurance companies make their money by avoiding risk, not managing it.

Health reform has been a priority of the American public for decades, and precisely because the private marketplace doesn't work in the health insurance field today.

I was moved by the Scott recommendation that we come up with a national strategy for dealing with papers.

This democracy will not survive without newspapers and journalism. It won't.

I am glad to know that. I am not, but I think I am going to get more familiar with them.

Since the founding of our country, newspapers have been a cornerstone of our democracy.

What we are talking about here is democracy. We want the people to be able to get information.

This is an important issue. And what we will begin to look at, as this examination of what to do with newspapers in crisis continues, is the exact nature of the crisis.

Which would include the subsidies that they are already enjoying.