"I asked you when you would say enough is enough when it comes to our debt and deficit."
"You acknowledged that debt becomes an issue when it exceeds 100 percent of GDP."
"I think you have provided stability during a very challenging time."
"As you know, I am one of the lead sponsors of S. 1607, along with Senator Schatz."
"We need to take a hard look at our policy toward CAR and how we can be proactively engaged."
"The threats posed by Mozambique's northern insurgency have prompted deployments of military assistance forces from other African countries."
"I think it is going to be very important."
"We need to make strategic investments, and the Senate is doing that."
"What I think has to bother all of us is the attitude of the Chinese Government. They do not believe that they should be constrained in any way, shape, or form by arms control."
"I agree with Senator Van Hollen that much of your lives and those of your families have been spent far from home."
"They made it very clear that they would never withdraw on a date certain, and that to a person, the recommendations that had been provided was to do a conditions-based withdrawal."