The Democrats have drawn a line in the sand and said they are ready to set a time deadline for which we will leave Iraq.

I think all of us are going to have to be prepared for what might happen.

I definitely think we are. I just talked to the FEMA administrator and he has told me all the things that are pre-portioned there.

I think everything is very well coordinated. I think the state's doing a great job.

But I want the same deference given to John Roberts that I gave to Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She wouldn't meet my litmus test of issues, but she is an academically qualified person of integrity with judicial temperament.

I believe that you are correct. I am glad that so many of the former Secretaries of Defense and State are stepping up to say it would be ludicrous to push something through in the last 2 weeks of a session in a Presidential election year…

In past Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) rounds our Guard and Reserve forces have not been treated as well.

I do want that to be available to every family, every military family, every base where you are going to make it a priority, and we will work to lift that cap.

do you think you're going to need that money or all of that money in this year's budget?

my goal is just to make sure that we do try as hard as we can to keep the 95 percent rate or something as close to that as possible.

Are you really looking at that?

I would hope that you might look at an enduring base which would be Dyess as a possible recipient of some the C-17s.