Political Quotes

“I would like to address the importance of bringing up the defense authorization bill. I first commend my distinguished friend, long-time friend, Senator Thurmond, and our ranking member, the Senator from Michigan, Mr. Levin, and all members of our committee, together with staff, for a very hard job throughout the year to put together the bill and now the conference report which Chairman Thurmond worked out with his counterparts on the House Armed Services Committee. These are very difficult times in the history of our Nation. I look back over my lifetime when in World War II and the very closing days of that war I served briefly in the U.S. Navy. There was absolute clarity in the minds of all who served in uniform, in the minds of every citizen of the United States. We knew who the enemy was, what they stood for, what their capabilities were, and there was no doubt as to what this Nation should do to bring that conflict to an end, and, indeed, it was done.”