John Warner

I believe your response to our colleague from Connecticut's question clarified it for my purposes, that there is no diminution;

But as a part of your plan, that is the January 10 plan which you worked on, you do recommend additional forces in al Anbar?

I do hope that you continue to provide strong support for these concepts.

I want to associate myself with my distinguished colleague's support for the IMET program.

the record clearly indicates that the Army each time has stepped up and met the challenge

I would like to have you provide for the record hopefully your commitment that you will come back to Congress.

I urged that you look at the testimony of General Keane, former Vice Chief of the United States Army, now retired, a very valued and knowledgeable individual.

We have the continuing problem over there of the drug elimination, which is at the core of funding.

I do not see any reference to... a situation that faces our forces operating in Iraq today which is of great concern to this Senator.

I think he deserves a lot of credit--and his family--for that contribution that he made in this most difficult situation for these many years.

We have to do a better job of broadening the base and getting more Americans to consider this opportunity for service.

I do not think it is the absolute last chance, but it certainly is the best chance right now that we have.

I believe in going with as much transparency as you can.

While our losses of life and limb have gone down, we're still sustaining loss of life as a consequence of the inaction of the central government.

If they were to act responsibly and do as prescribed by their constitution and charter, I personally think there would be far fewer casualties today.

In Afghanistan today, the growth of narcotics is growing exponentially.

I suggest that we allow our two colleagues from the Senate and our distinguished good colleague from the House of Representatives, Representative Everett--he is the ranking member on the Strategic Subcommittee of the House Armed Services…

The American GI is accountable for the orders he gets from the American chain of command right up to your successor; is that correct?

We can't look at Iraq in isolation, do you agree with that?

I'm hopeful that the Senate will confirm you.

You're going to have to solve some of that friction.

Deeply concerned about the prospect of failure in Afghanistan, the Bush administration and NATO have begun three top-to-bottom reviews.

I have been on this committee 29 years and I think about 20 of those years I have been trying to work with the Corps on building a much-needed dam in Virginia.

I recognize that if you give the higher figure which is in the plan now, 20,500, that would give the new commander more flexibility.

I personally have the highest regard for those two individuals and the committee that put together that report. I had a small hand in creating the situation which gave rise to that report. I thought the report was very constructive.