Political Quotes

“we have said it many times, we need to restate it, though, apparently, again, there is no question between the debating sides here whether Saddam Hussein was a tyrant. The world is far better off without him. And we are glad he is gone. We certainly hope he is gone. There is no debate as to the priority that we want to place on our troops. Obviously, that is our highest priority. And we will do what we see as necessary to protect their lives and provide for their families. But, Mr. Chairman, there is something else involved here that goes beyond the issue of Iraq. This is about the integrity of this institution, the role it has to play vis-a-vis the executive branch. It is about the precedent that we establish with such important votes. We had a hearing today with the comptroller of the Department of Defense, the Committee on the Budget did. It was similar to the hearing we had last week with Secretary Rumsfeld. We were told again that there is no time frame for when we might be moving our troops out of Iraq.”