It is essential we succeed in Iraq, just like it's essential we succeed in Afghanistan.

John Campbell, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

I looked at the intelligence and came to the conclusion that Saddam was a threat.

Our jobs are to identify problems and deal with them, and the best way to do so is in the spirit of cooperation.

We're not going to cut and run.

The most important job of anybody in office is to protect the people of our country.

Freedom is a gift from the Almighty to every person and that America has a responsibility to take a lead in the world.

Jaymie Alan Durnan, of New Hampshire, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, vice Mario P. Fiori, which was sent to the Senate on November 21, 2003.

I view the hunt for Al Qaida as part of the war on terror.

I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the Convention and Protocols.

Ricardo H. Hinojosa, of Texas, to be Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission, vice Diana E. Murphy, resigned.