Mark Warner: “Senator Levin and I have worked closely in the joint management of this committee, and I expressed to him, following the…”

“Senator Levin and I have worked closely in the joint management of this committee, and I expressed to him, following the Christmas recess, the need that I perceived for Members to get a current briefing with regard to those issues relating to the Department of Defense, obviously one being the deployment to Iraq, the situation in Iraq, the situation in Korea, and other matters--generally speaking, the continuing war that the President is engaging against terrorist. We have had our strong differences, particularly when we manage the annual Defense authorization bill. We have taken the two desks of our respective leaders here and debated issues during those 25 years.”