Mark Warner: “I think we have covered this point. We will just have to agree to disagree. I would draw your attention to the clause…”

“I think we have covered this point. We will just have to agree to disagree. I would draw your attention to the clause where you say consultation with the Congress is required. Here we are, basically on the eve of the August recess which starts the first week in August. We come back here as a Congress for maybe 30 days or 5 weeks in September. Then leave again for elections. You say: The President shall consult with the Congress regarding the schedule for redeployment and shall submit such schedule to Congress as part of the report required . . . You know, we know how this institution works. We have been here for two decades apiece. I say, if the President were to devise a redeployment schedule to meet 2007, when do you think the Congress might swing into action and take such responsibility, as implied here, through the consultation process? I presume Congress could take an action to stop it. You are talking about July 1, and I don't see the Congress acting on such a proposal in a timely manner.”