There's one big difference between me and the others -- I won't take every last dime of the surplus and spend it on tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy. I'll use the bulk of the surplus to secure Social Security far into the future to keep our promise to the greatest generation. |
There's one fundamental problem with it (the strategy), and that is whether the Iraqis are capable of carrying out their own military responsibilities, ... General Casey, you're taking a very big gamble here. I hope you're correct. I don't see the indicators yet that we are ready to plan or begin troop withdrawals given the overall security situation, and that isn't just my opinion alone. |
There's one fundamental problem with it (the strategy), and that is whether the Iraqis are capable of carrying out their own military responsibilities. General Casey, you're taking a very big gamble here. I hope you're correct. I don't see the indicators yet that we are ready to plan or begin troop withdrawals given the overall security situation, and that isn't just my opinion alone. |
There's two ways of working in Washington, ... One is to go along and get along. The other is to stand up for what you believe in. |
They should not enter the aircraft or have access to any of the equipment on board. I think that is the first thing -- assurance -- we need from the Chinese, |
They'll serve and they'll fight and they'll do magnificently, but keeping them in is going to be, I think, a very difficult proposition, |
They're all tied together: taxes, Medicare, Social Security, and the debt. We've got to have a setting of priorities, and looking at it -- at each of them as disconnected, I think, doesn't properly address these major challenges. |
They're trying to scare you. Don't let them do it, |
They're trying to split the baby, ... and I don't think they can do that. |
They're unhappy about a number of aspects of the war, and with some justification, ... Some serious mistakes were made. |
things go wrong in war. Mistakes happen. |
Things have not gone as we had planned or expected nor as we were told by you, Gen. Myers, |
This bill doesn't need a lot of consideration, ... The House has considered it and passed it by large margins in past years. We don't want to take a lot of time away from the (wider Republican) agenda. |
This bill is a shameful example of why the American public has become cynical and skeptical of government. We seem to have forgotten that all these programs, whether meritorious or not, must be paid for, |
This could be another episode in a series of problems we are having in our relationship with China, ... Meet the Press. |