Hillary Clinton

I think we want to do everything possible to protect our troops this time around.

Will the system in place by 2004 be able to defend against North Korean missiles if they are equipped with countermeasures?

Limited safeguards and security issues continue to impact our ability to accept Plutonium 239 sources.

I am concerned that negotiations between New York State and the Department of Energy regarding the West Valley demonstration project in Western New York are at an impasse.

As I understand it, the missile defense program is designed to develop a 'layered defense' capable of engaging all classes and ranges of ballistic missile threats.

Has there been any testing of the ability of the missile defense system to respond to these countermeasures?

I, for one, appreciate it and I think that the range that we are attempting to understand Senator Levin has consistently questioned every witness about is an important one for us to continue to probe.

do we know if the North Koreans are researching countermeasures technology for their missile program?

We need to determine if we are doing all we can in Government to help cope with this trauma.

I just want to ask each of you to give us your top priority for us to follow up with.

I am just going reiterate a point that was made.

But I sadly have to tell you nine months later many of these high risk children and teens are getting worse, not better.

Senator Clinton and Senator Corzine, you are great friends of America's kids, and today's Senate hearing is an example of that.

Thank you very much.

I really want to underscore that, because clearly with the increased emphasis on preparedness and homeland security our front line soldiers, who are our fire, police, emergency first responders, are going to be expected to do a lot, and if…

The greatness of America is measured not just by the might of the military, but also by the strengths of her communities and the health of her children.

Washington is an evidence-free zone, and the more we can try to fill that evidence-free zone with some real evidence like you have presented us today, the better off we will be.

We have to do something about mental health policy.

Thank you very, very much. I want to thank the entire panel.

If we do not have good work like this on which to base the decisions we make, then we are once again acting on the basis of what we believe or feel or think rather than the evidence.

I think that is absolutely right, and I especially like what you said in your testimony about training for all those daily situations that come up that people need to know how to respond to.

I look forward to this hearing.

These are warning signs that our nation cannot ignore.

Therefore, the mental health implications, and I applaud you for conducting this hearing, must be included in the general response that addresses security, preparedness, intelligence and public health.

Their world has changed and therefore the strategy for dealing with these real psychiatric problems has to change as well.