The safety and security of our deployed forces remains our foremost priority.

It is critical that we maintain a focus on this important region so as not to lose the gains we've fought so hard for over the last decade and a half.

I want to follow up on Senator King's question about the Navy, because the Navy is obviously very important to us in New Hampshire as well.

Please explain DOD's reason for not employing the 'unusual circumstances' clause beyond May 1, 2014.

Poland has consistently supported U.S. foreign policy, contributing troops to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The Iraq withdrawal experience taught us two things: to begin planning earlier and to consider all possibilities.

I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and the motions to reconsider be laid upon the table, with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…

We anticipate the Foreign Relations Committee will report out Senator Kerry's nomination and look forward to full Senate consideration tomorrow. ____________________

And in my small State of New Hampshire, where we only have 18 miles of coastline, we have 5,000 jobs dependent on this industry. So in Rhode Island and Alaska, I am sure my colleagues have a significant number of jobs dependent on the…

It is not just the people who are fishing directly who are affected by this, it is also all of the other jobs that depend on that fishing industry that are going to be lost.

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, January 29, 2013; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title for the first time. The legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 164) to prohibit the United…