John Warner: “My concern is why do we need to put such a heavy emphasis of U.S. forces into Baghdad when we have trained 188,000 Iraqi…”

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

I was a strong supporter of the statutory approach on deficit reduction.

Cuts will be made, I am certain, to the programs, but that is where the wisdom of this committee comes in.

Senator Shaheen, you were a well-informed host as we toured Portsmouth Naval Shipyard together last summer studying their energy plans, and I am pleased that you wisely selected a naval vessel as the site of this important Senate hearing.