Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it is indeed a privilege to join my friend and colleague, the ranking member of the Armed Services Committee. He made mention of the six Christmases he spent away from home. Members of this body and of this Nation know that those Christmases were spent in captivity as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. I recommend to all of America his book ``Faith of my Fathers.'' I read it on a trip with Senator McCain, heading to Iraq to visit and thank our troops serving several years ago, on Thanksgiving, while we were there with the troops. We were in Baghdad, Kirkuk, and in the Anbar Province. I had a chance to meet, for the first time, a young marine who was Senator McCain's son. As we traveled across this globe visiting our soldiers, thanking them--in Afghanistan as well--we had been to Georgia, where he was awarded and received the highest national award from the President and the people of Georgia. Senator McCain is recognized and respected worldwide for his knowledge, for his patriotism, and for his bravery. I think it is critical that we listen to him as we talk about this very important treaty. The amendment he brings is one to strike the language in the preamble that limits our missile defense. It limits our ability as a nation to defend ourselves. I have major concerns about the Russians trying to limit current and future U.S. missile defense capabilities through the New START.…”