Mark Warner

But the Senator said the President is not king, and the Senator is right. There is no one who understands this Constitution better. The king is not mentioned, as far as I can recall, in the Constitution anywhere. But what is in the…

I detect in the President no concern that Government employees are secondhand citizens, but they are entitled to their rights. That is the purpose of this legislative body, to bridge the gaps to the extent we can and protect all the people.

Has not the President already, with the Secretary of Defense preparation of the budget, reached the figures for the Marine Corps with an increase and paid for it?

That is all I wanted to establish. So that shows the Secretary of Defense is proceeding in an orderly manner, at least with one service, to achieve the goals the Senator from Georgia has been reciting.

Fine. But am I not correct that the Secretary has already taken the action to meet the purport of the amendment by the Senator from Georgia as regards the Marine Corps?

I understand. But when we put in our end strength, the Secretary still has the discretion. To the credit of our Secretary, he has, if I understand--and I pose this to the Senator from Georgia as a question-- already exercised his…

I would not favor that because of the following reasons: We reposed by law, in the Constitution, the Commander in Chief who in turn selects his Secretary of Defense. I think they must be given the maximum latitude possible as the executive…

I understand that. But clearly the Secretary of Defense may not exercise the discretion which our colleague from Georgia leaves in place to go to that end strength. So we can't direct them to do something unless the Secretary of Defense…

If I could ask my chairman, and, indeed, the sponsors, I am sympathetic to what our two colleagues are trying to do. What I am endeavoring to do is make clear the responsibility of the conferees once we get there. That is my basic concern…

Would it not be incumbent upon the Senate conferees to find within this bill that will be passed shortly the $500 million in order to accept the provisions reconciled, as you say, by the House and the Senate?

If that be the case, I should like to alert colleagues that we would have to look at all the programs, the full scope and full range of all programs in our bill to generate that $500 million. The consequences would be that in some areas…

I have to say to my friend, my father served in World War I as a doctor in the trenches. He was wounded and highly decorated. And he carried, in his tunic, throughout every hour of the day, his prayer book which his mother had given him…

When I first heard of this, I thought to myself about the hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of thousands of men and women who have worn the uniform of our country and have gone beyond our shores to fight for freedom. All of them were…

Last night I provided Chairman Levin with a draft of my missile defense amendment and then we discussed it at length this morning. At approximately 2:35 or 2:40, the Senator provided me with a proposal the Senator from Michigan had. So he…

These are very good questions. I want to answer them very precisely. The midyear review to which the Senator referred conducted by OMB is in progress. He is correct. While the review is not formally complete, we have been assured--that is…

I went to the Department of Defense early one morning around 7:30 or quarter to 8 and spent the better part of an hour with the Secretary of Defense and his top budget people. I wanted to make certain that if I were to formulate this…

I join strongly in recommending that our colleagues support Senator Smith's initiative. And I associate myself with the remarks of our distinguished chairman. This is something that has to be corrected right now. We have extraordinary…

I thank the leadership. This goes back to the days when I was privileged to be in the Senate with Senator Stennis, who will always be the person who started me on this course of action; that is the way he worked. That is the way John…

I have said on this floor many times that I would not be in the Senate today, privileged to represent my State these 24 years now, had it not been for the opportunities accorded me by brief tours of active service and a period of some 10…

I am sure you witnessed operational accidents in those instances that you saw on active duty probably as I did when I was a ground officer in the aviation unit in Korea. But some of those who shared the tents with me never came back. Some…

When I was privileged to come to the Senate 24 years ago, nearly three-quarters of the Members of the Senate had, at one time or another, worn the uniform of their country. Because the world has changed so much since that period of time…

Last night the Senator hosted, with Senator Lieberman, a meeting with the Deputy Secretary and the Secretary of the Army, and I was present. I thought the very clear explanation you made of the different challenges of 2002, how they differ…

In large measure, this Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003 is a good bill and an important step forward in our war against terrorism. In this time of national emergency it is essential that we provide our President and our armed…

Well, we are not, Mr. President. The question is not: May I amend it to include 2016?

This quote clearly indicates we have to be a watchdog of NATO as we begin to invite in more and more countries.