John Warner: “I urged that you look at the testimony of General Keane, former Vice Chief of the United States Army, now retired, a…”

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

I'm hopeful someday Congress will pass a, one of those words, comprehensive bill on a whole range of energy directives because our country is waiting desperately for it.

You will carry with you for the rest of your life the recollections of the work that you have done for one of America's most valued assets, the men and the women and their families of the armed services of the United States.

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.