John Warner: “The Senate believes a failed state in Iraq would present a threat to regional and world peace...”

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

I am honored to be here in my home state at a base I know so well from the days I had the honor to serve the considerable number of military installations and private sector industrial infrastructure throughout Virginia, first as Secretary…

I like to put my testimony in the record and so shape my remarks, as we say in the Senate floor.

I want to pick up on a very important point that you made.