The past 60 years have produced a dramatically different Asia from the region that had been ravaged by World War II.

The alliance that we have with Japan, I think, is the essential tool for us to remain properly involved in this emerging dynamic in Asia.

Is the ECI an appropriate index to use to adjust military basic pay rates annually?

last night we had an issue involving the well-being of our veterans who I think got caught up in the give-and-take of the debate on the health care bill, particularly the procedural aspects of it. An amendment was offered to the bill by…

being an eternal optimist, I rise to express my hope that once the process of voting over the next 2 days is completed, we can find a way to move forward with our colleagues across the aisle to fix other provisions in this legislation and…

The Marine Corps has always paid a heavy price, in every war, from World War I, particularly, forward.

There are no circumstances--none--in which we should put our people unreasonably at risk, where they cannot take actions in order to protect themselves.

It's clearly the most vital thing we have left to do in Iraq, is defining the nature of how all these components fit together.

The diplomatic aspects have to be ones that find common cause with those nations of like-minded principles.

I think it's important, if I may, to quote from what Senator Lieberman just said when he said this study should inform the decision that Congress makes in voting.

I very strongly endorse what our State Department is doing, pursuing the two-state solution with both sides.

I still have a great number of concerns about the stability of the political environment in that country.