John Warner: “We must anticipate new and revised missions for our military forces, and factor those into our calculations of the…”

Good luck to each and every one of you, and to the importance of the confirmation process.

I'm hopeful someday Congress will pass a, one of those words, comprehensive bill on a whole range of energy directives because our country is waiting desperately for it.

You will carry with you for the rest of your life the recollections of the work that you have done for one of America's most valued assets, the men and the women and their families of the armed services of the United States.

This country is greatly strengthened by the will of such people to step forward and do, time and time again, public service.