Russ Feingold

the only really effective way to address this challenge is for the region to address it together.

I'm going to continue until the vote starts, and we'll leave the record open for this panel so we can ask additional questions if we like.

Well, I strongly agree with that. I had-- one of the most memorable moments of my career was in Timbuktu, meeting, having lunch ceremony with the local Tuareg and other people.

Well, obviously it's terribly important that we get this right.

Is there now a comprehensive integrated strategy that has been agreed to be the interagency?

We hope that President Tandja will return to a democratic and constitutional framework so that AFRICOM can again work with Niger.

It's an environment in which al-Qaeda-type organizations can thrive, but that is not necessarily the leading issue.

I certainly would share that assessment.

I agree with you that we need to increase our diplomatic presence in order to better gather information and build long-term local relationships.

And you've mentioned the Tuareg, most of whom do not share al-Qaeda's ideological goals, either.

I'd just like to point out that I think we've been particularly good on this one.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing to call attention to this very important topic. I support your bill, S. 1624, and ask that you add me as a cosponsor, please.

The antitrust laws enacted in the early 20th century provide essential protections for consumers and businesses.

the immediate should not overwhelm the future.

I feel intense personal frustration when I know facts that would rebut a case that an Administration is making.

I don't think it's a reasonable approach to statutory interpretation to say that somehow you can import that language into another amendment that isn't there and that that isn't a prohibition.

The intelligence community has to constantly work to earn public confidence and public trust.

This is not a matter of whether there's an obligation to provide full and current notification, but how it's provided.

I think there's something that we now need to do about that.

How has your experience on the Wisconsin Supreme Court made you better prepared to be a trial court judge at the Federal level?

The UAE arguably satisfies the criteria included in past proposals, despite the potential presence of a terrorist threat within its borders.

Justice, you've been a public defender, but not a prosecutor. That puts you in a minority among nominees to the Federal bench.

I do not believe that the UAE poses an Iran-style proliferation threat right now.

It is important to vigorously debate whether this agreement--and our practice of pursuing this type of agreement with other countries--is a sensible policy from a nonproliferation perspective.

I think our current approach may be driving them together.