John Warner: “I would be willing to serve alongside those Iraqi forces, yes.”

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

It's a great experience in life, and it's absolutely essential for this country.

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

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.