We've also learned, as many of our military leaders have said, that military force is usually not the best option.

Pay comparability is in the Senate version of the supplemental.

What are we doing about Israel and the Palestinians? We've seen settlement construction not only continue after Israel said they wouldn't and even accelerate over U.S. objections.

I think political ideology and bullying some times replaced common sense and the judgment of career Foreign Service officers.

It's reassuring to have someone of your stature, intellect, and experience, which is extraordinarily important as the top American diplomat.

I want to know what the strategy is, and be sure that our goals are realistic and we do not get mired in a costly war that drags on indefinitely.

I want to be in a position where we don't have to do each other's jobs.

it is good foreign policy, it is good for our security, but there's also a moral aspect when you're the wealthiest, most powerful nation on Earth. We have a moral responsibility to help in these areas.

The President has set a new course. He's replaced arrogance with vision and has the courage to take risks.

I think one of the goals for us is to ensure that that does not happen, that there is swift and certainty of punishment, and that exclusion is much more likely to occur.

I opposed the invasion of Iraq and believe President Bush's decision to do so was a colossal mistake that did nothing to make us safer and cost us dearly.

But I would urge you to also consider legislation that addresses the jurisdictional issue.

It is very rare in a Supreme Court opinion that a Justice provides a road map to Congress as to what to do.

It was America that led the world in the recognition of human dignity and human rights.

I invited him to come forward to tell the truth, the complete truth, before the Committee.

It is one of the most important hearings the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold this year.

I applaud Chairman Whitehouse for doing this.

the rule of law in the United States means that no one is above the law--none of us as Senators, nobody in this room, and not the President of the United States.

I would like to go forward in a nonpartisan commission, as I have said before, but that is going to require support from both sides of the aisle, one that could get to all the truth of what happened.

Let us listen to the witnesses who are going to be testifying rather than raising hypotheses and facts really not in the record.

I wish he would testify before us to help complete the record, and opining on why he refused, it is appropriate in this case because he has not done anything but maintain silence about it.

It was America that provided the model of a Nation that would not engage in such practices.

I would add, again, Secretary and General, that I don't raise this just out of a parochial concern for the 1,800 from Vermont, but for obviously, for everybody who is there.

This is National Police Week. We are going to pay tribute to the men and women who work every day to protect our communities, our schools, and our homes.

I know you both know the 86th Mountain Brigade, that's upward of 1,800 very proud citizen soldiers from the Vermont Army National Guard are going to begin a deployment, either end of this year or early next year, to Afghanistan.