Political Quotes

“I first saw the amendment, prepared by, I believe, Senator McCain and Senator Graham, yesterday when it was circulated to the members of the Armed Services Committee. At that time, I promptly suggested a change in the amendment or, more specifically, an addition that a waiver be put in. I suggested the President. The draft now has the Secretary of Defense. I say to my good friend--and, indeed, Senator Webb and I share a very strong bond of friendship. It actually goes back over 30 years, when I was in the Navy Secretariat. Senator Webb, at that time, a young--still young but anyway a bit younger--Marine captain who, fortunately for me and others in the Secretariat, was assigned to our staff. He had just finished his tour in Vietnam, where he displayed a measure of courage few in uniform in the history of our country can equal. For that he received our Nation's second highest decoration. I stand in awe of his military career. My modest career pales in comparison to his. Nevertheless, we did form at that time a friendship and resumed it once he came here.”