Kay Bailey Hutchison: “I think it is just absolutely essential that we renew our commitment to the shuttle and to the manned shuttle.”

That is something that has to be, from the NATO standpoint, a consensus. Some of our allies are concerned that a withdrawal would make Russia more aggressive.

I know there are those on my side who would also like to have a conference to talk about this. Could we have an indication as to the timeframe of the vote?

I think, from what our intelligence community has said... that there is a good likelihood yes.

I rise to talk about the Casey- Hutchison amendment which was added to the bill before us last week. I did not speak before the amendment was agreed to, but I think it is important to highlight it, particularly in light of things that…