Patrick Leahy

I'm sorry that some of our closest allies and friends... were alienated because they disagreed with our strategy of preemptive war.

I'm sorry that someone in the administration 'gave currency to a fraud,' to quote George Will, by putting, in the President's State of the Union speech, that Iraq was trying to buy uranium in Africa.

I'm sorry that this administration repeatedly, insistently, and unrelentingly justified preemptive war by insisting that Saddam Hussein not only had weapons of mass destruction, but he was hell bent on using them against us and our allies.

I'm sorry about administration officials led by the vice president repeatedly trying to link Saddam Hussein to 9/11. I'm sorry that truth tellers in the administration like General Shinsecki and Lawrence Lindsay were hounded out of their…

This past Sunday, as we all know, marked the start of National Crime Victims' Rights Week. We set this week aside each year to refocus attention on the needs and rights of crime victims. One would almost think we would not have to do that…

I want to thank him for holding the hearing.

I agree, but I could name a lot of countries where we give aid that are autocratic and we seem to be increasing our aid.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. A couple of points I didn't mention, where Ted Koppel is speaking to Mr. Natsios...

Mr. Black, one of the things that the United States is admired most for is our values.

I have supported USAID as much as any Member of this Senate and I just, you know----

We've appropriated $18 billion and we're told we had to do it immediately, needed it yesterday.

I remember last April, a year ago, you stated with some confidence, on 'Nightline,' the American contribution to rebuild Iraq would be no more than $1.7 billion.

I believe that many of this Administration's foreign policies are taking us in the wrong direction.

In Iraq, after squandering the good will afforded us after the September 11 attacks, we are floundering.

The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has an enormous impact on how the United States is perceived in the Muslim world.

I think that many of the administration's foreign policies are taking us in the wrong direction.

The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has enormous impact on how the United States is perceived in the Muslim world.

We are giving billions of dollars in aid to corrupt, autocratic regimes that are the antithesis of democracy and American values.

Iraq is becoming a magnet for foreign terrorists.

The failure to find weapons of mass destruction has damaged our credibility.

I find the suicide rate alarming among our forces.

But then there seems to be among some that it is not brave to come forward and ask for this treatment.

I have helped get some of the money through here for the pilot programs.

This one does seem to work.

Let us know where we are on that, because it is something I have followed very closely.