Mark Warner

It is in the true spirit of this institution, which Senator Byrd knows so well, that we exchange viewpoints as we have done Friday, yesterday, and again today, and we will continue to do that. Hopefully, these facts which the Senator deems…

Saddam Hussein possesses, today, an arsenal of weapons far more dangerous to the whole world than Hitler ever possessed.

I must conclude to stay within the allocation of time. I say to my friend, I look forward to our further debates on the floor. But I close by saying this vote which we will cast here has to be a vote of conscience, not influenced in any…

As the President said, that strike could come and we cannot trace the fingerprints. We are still trying to study who brought the anthrax against the U.S. Senate, the post offices--I reiterate, without fingerprints.

I think it will be reassuring to the American people to see this kind of analysis and this kind of discussion--that we are not rushing to judgement.

I hope in due course he can see the wisdom of joining in this resolution which I and three others--Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Bayh--have put together. We really believe--and it is the one which is before the House of Representatives…

I call it the doctrine of giving Saddam Hussein the benefit of the doubt. I urge colleagues to think about that because we are dealing with an individual who is extremely complex, at the least. People are trying to read his mind. Speaking…

I think I can speak for our leadership on that. That is a constructive observation. I am sure my distinguished colleague would think almost all 100 Senators will want, at one point in time prior to the vote, to express themselves on this…

The advancement of technology is what makes things different. The advances of technology are what underlies this doctrine of preemptive strike, which our President says must be addressed now, not only by our Nation, but other nations that…

Might I add that those pilots to whom the Senator referred, American and Great Britain, were shot at 60 times in just the month of September alone and they have been at it now for over a decade. It is the only enforcement of any resolution…

In the next century, the community of nations may see more and more the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists, drug traffickers, or organized…

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Government of Iraq is in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations, and therefore the President is…

I commend him on that point and share it. In previous days on this floor, most particularly on Friday, I have said that repeatedly. That is the key, the arch of this whole debate is the need to have unity of the two branches of Government.

Indeed, policies of containment have worked in the past, but with the spread of modern technology, and the clear documentation that this particular evil dictator, Saddam Hussein, has used these weapons against his own people and his…

Let us be clear. I assure my colleague that I agree that our President states almost daily when he addresses this issue, as he did on the steps of the White House just a day or two ago when I was right there, that his first priority is to…

The war in Vietnam did not have a declaration. That was not minor, and you know that well. There were over 50,000 casualties. The war in Korea, in which I had a very modest role in the Marine Corps, was not modest. There were over 50,000…

I assert very firmly, there is nothing in this resolution that goes beyond the authority the President has. This President, as well as any other President, could act tomorrow without the specific authority of Congress, if he felt it was…

I firmly say there is nothing in this resolution, of which I was privileged to be a coauthor with others, which in any way transcends the authority given to the President of the United States by this Constitution.

As Commander in Chief, if he believes an attack has been made on this country, or that an attack is imminent which he believes he has to preempt, he has the authority to use those forces, and we don't have to pass this.

I say to my friend, the President of the United States, as I read the Constitution, has the authority, at this very moment, to employ the men and women of our Armed Forces in the defense of our Nation.

My mother's great-great-great-grandfather built Balmore Castle, which the Queen uses as her home. But let us get back to this. Great Britain has helped us. I know Spain and Portugal expressed an interest. I ask my good friend--I have seen…

Let's stop and think. We are not in this alone. Great Britain--I know of no Senator who has a greater respect for England's participation as our ally in World War I, World War II. I have had the privilege of going with my good friend to…

If I interject, we were flying those missions. Our airmen were risking their lives. That is what we did.

What our President has done, to hope that the United Nations will move in the right direction, is to go there and speak to them and to lead, together with others--the Prime Minister of Great Britain and others--lead, not wait and see in…

If I could turn to the reference to the United Nations and the timing, I wish I were the student of history that my good friend Robert Byrd is. I remember when you took me, hand in hand, to Rome and we went to the very site of the Roman…