Kay Bailey Hutchison: “I commend Chairman Leibowitz and his fellow commissioners for their vigilance during these difficult times.”

Decisions on enlargement are for NATO and the nation in question; no other outside country, such as Russia, has a voice in the process.

These are people who have done the right thing. They have saved. They have tried to make sure they didn't need any kind of government handout. They have earned Social Security--and that is not a government handout--and they want to know…

if the Senator would yield for just a moment to let me say thank you to all the wonderful Senators who have spoken and said nice things. It is one of the few times Senators sort of pause and wish someone well, as they are leaving. It has…

I definitely think it is in NATO's purview.