John Warner: “I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the privilege to appear before you, a friend of 30 years here in this institution.”

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

Judging from my own experience, these four resumes constitute an extraordinary body of knowledge needed in these respective positions and needed by our country at a critical time.

You're a man of courage and you take on the tough jobs in that Congress and do the very best you can to achieve working relationships.

I also thought it was extraordinarily important you pointed out that just as it is incumbent upon our military to continue to develop next generation weapons that it's been the legacy of our military forces to always be about innovation.