Open Government is key to a strong democracy.

I have been concerned--and I have discussed this with the Director--about the FBI's responsiveness to requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

The rule of law, civil liberties, and civil rights--these are not our burdens. They are what make us better.

I think everybody here wants to work with them, wants to help. How do we do this? I seems like an almost Herculean task.

There was the prosecution of a Senator, Ted Stevens, which has drawn severe criticism from the presiding Federal judge.

I think we learned in the AIG boardroom what the market would do if it could do its thing.

We decided as a matter of national policy and national security that we had had it with the people who were gouging the members of the U.S. military.

This is something that should frighten every single person in this country, so thank you very much, Senator, for doing that.

I hope that prosecutors and defense attorneys around the country are reading it and raising questions.

I would think just to say from a law enforcement point of view, I would think they would want it.

The extraordinary high rate of illiteracy among the recruits there has to be a cause of concern.

I have a particular interest in this. Everybody I've talked with when I was in Afghanistan told me how much they need this for the same reasons that the Secretary described.

I think we are going to probably, in the coming year, have a lot of conversations on this.

Do you agree that demand for the services provided by the Trusted Foundry Program has met and/or exceeded expectations?

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.

I'm not quite sure how I see you doing this--how you get away from no more cross-leveling, and the rating.

I will say we have developed in the inter-agency benchmarks for success.

I just had an opportunity to lead a Senate delegation on a trip to Iraq and Pakistan and Afghanistan.

I am 100-percent certain that this fingerprint is the one except, Oops, no, found out it was not.

I think under the administration's new strategy we'll have both the military and the civilian capacity to be able to make headway with the Afghans.

So should we do something different in the appropriation process itself to make it easier?

the National Academy of Sciences called for the coroner system in this country to be abolished.

Would you agree that there is a significant difference between the police and the Army.

The contractor has extended manufacturing schedules several times, but test aircraft delivery dates continue to slip.

The bad news is it demonstrates that we have a problem, and the problems can go to the heart of our whole criminal justice system.