John Warner: “how proud some of these foreign officers are to step up and say: I am a product of America's IMET educational system.”

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.

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

Give them the tools and leave them alone and they'll solve the problem.

The current process has not proven the ability to move beyond small ball.