Jim Webb

How are we going to know when our national task is finished?

I would also submit that there should be ways to try to measure the true incentive, not simply from the current top leadership in Pakistan.

I appreciate what the President was saying when he talked about focusing this strategy more directly toward countering insurgency and eliminating the presence of the Taliban.

But it will show up. And I'm confident it will create jobs and help our constituents stay in their homes.

I'm proud to have voted with so many of my colleagues for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which constitutes a bold stroke that will help revive our domestic economy.

Unlike like the fat cats on Wall Street, I'm here on planet earth. We have to face facts.

I strongly support this nomination. I have been pleased to work with Ambassador Hill regularly over the past couple of years.

I very much appreciate that answer.

I hope Chris Hill won't become the Rorschach Test for what the policy should have been in the last administration with respect to Korea.

I don't think this nomination should be put on hold in any way. We have too many things to be doing in Iraq and in that part of the world.

I read them last fall when they were, I think, wrongly categorized as restricted information.

I understand the United States is not, but it's been widely reported that other NATO countries are.

In other words, what we are moving through Pakistan right now. Per container, what's the cost of moving it that way, what's the time, what's the volume that we are able to move over a period of time, say a quarter, 3 months, whatever it…

I think that, as we come further to the border, our role is to then help the Mexican military, who is the principal element of the law enforcement effort.

You don't have to say container, but what I'm trying to do is to get something that's measurable, where we can look in a logical way at what these changes are going to do to the resupply pattern in there.

For our purposes, I think we may be looking at the necessity of a more robust Federal response.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I've had a long concern about the incrementalism with respect to China.

I appreciate that the idea of having informed divergent views is very vital to how our decision processes work.

There is an inherent danger when you centralize intelligence, and we saw that with respect to the lack of divergence of opinions in terms of the run-up to Iraq.

I think there are few people in this country who have developed the expertise that he did early on in his career with respect to Russia.

When we look at this violence that is going on principally along the border--it's not simply along the border and it's not totally because of what the Mexicans are doing, although I certainly would express my appreciation for their taking…

Do any of you see this as leadership failures in the Navy?

We're burning up a lot of money, and we're not getting a lot of product right now.

A lot has been said today about unity of command and I want to just drill down if I could.