I would hope that we would take advantage of this rare opportunity we have in the Senate to dream big and think 25 years ahead.

I think we should talk about what kind of Country do we want to have, what are our needs, what do we need to do.

I think people are right to expect to us to act like grownups. And that means, sure, say what we really prefer, what we're really for, but -- but we have -- but also to recognize that we're supposed to come to a result.

We have to send a signal to the rest of the Middle East that we're there for a long time.

Terrorism is worse today than it was five years ago.

I'm not persuaded that the 21,000 is a good idea.

I think we can develop support for that in this country.

He'll pick up Bill Frist's (UNINTELLIGIBLE), he'll carry it over there and set it down between Hillary Clinton and Ted Kennedy and John Kerry.

One language to unify us as a nation, one language so we could all speak with one another, and that language is English.

We don't need an exit strategy in Iraq, we need a success strategy.

How we ourselves live would then become our most persuasive claim to real leadership in a world filled with people hungry to know how to live their lives.

Of course we will never say that only some men are created equal, that only some children will not be left behind or that we will pay only some price to defend freedom.

But perhaps we should think more about strategies for extending freedom and democracy in the world other than nation building.

President Bush has made an excellent choice in nominating Dr. Condoleezza Rice to be America's next Secretary of State.

How many American lives are we willing to sacrifice to do this?

But is it possible that too much nation building runs the risk of extending too far the vision of the city on a hill?

we're basically talking about recruiting the most talented people in the world

Our initial war in Iraq was a stunning success.

What came afterwards has been a series of miscalculations.

I think it's fair to say both Senator Feingold and I look forward to working with you, supporting you, and we look forward to developing those benchmarks.

Well, thank you, Senator Feingold. Those are important questions.

Mr. Ambassador, we thank you for coming. We thank you for your work.

The single thing that would help me, and I believe other committee members the most, is if we could agree on some sort of report card about what the benchmarks are.

I do think that one of the Senate's, the Congress's under utilized great powers is the oversight responsibility.

The natural gas pipeline is not just an Alaskan concern, it is an American concern so far as I believe.