John Warner: “Sixty percent of the known oil reserves--I'm not talking just about Iraq--are in that region.”

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.

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

It is a moving experience for me to reenter this room. I served on this committee for 30 years.

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.