[Sept. 13, 2005 | WASHINGTON -- At some point in August, Judge John G. Roberts Jr., President Bush's nominee to head the U.S. Supreme Court, appears to have found time to tan. He entered the Russell Caucus Room Monday for the first day of his confirmation hearing with his face glowing in an even bronze tone, a striking feature in a room of uniformly pasty white men and women. His skin contrasted with his starched white collar, his charcoal suit and his cherry-red power tie. It made his smile gleam.] You are obviously very talented, ... And you also look healthy. |
[The only likely contender for ‘08 who has so far made it clear that the war in Iraq is damaging U.S. national security and has actually proposed an exit strategy is Wisconsin senator Russ Feingold.] It’s time for senators and members of Congress, especially those from my own party, to be less timid while this administration neglects urgent national security priorities in favor of staying a flawed policy course in Iraq, ... Let’s see if we can remove the troops after we succeed with a series of steps by the end of December 2006. |
Absent a clear finding that Iraq participated in, aided or otherwise provided support for those who attacked the United States on September 11, the president is constitutionally required to seek additional authorization to embark on a new major military undertaking in Iraq, |
Anything that would shed light on something would be healing. But I know that it reopens wounds for a lot of people, ... Because we don't even know which tower he was in, it would be nice, it would be a good thing if we were to find something out. |
As with the Bosnia mission, there is no clear set of goals, beyond maintaining a currently nonexistent peace. There is no timetable with withdrawal, no cost assessment, no exit strategy. |
Democrats continue to be timid on this subject in a way that is not only wrong policy but also very bad politics, ... I would think it would be a good thing for Democrats to talk about bringing the troops home in a positive way. |
does not compound the hardship for thousands of hardworking Americans who simply will not be able to make ends meet as a result of this disaster. |
Every one of the new Democratic senators has come up to me and come up to John and said, 'We want to be a part of this.' By the time this thing is done, every Democrat will be there, |
Given the 440th's outstanding performance as well as its excellent record of recruitment and retention, it is clear that the nation will be losing a valuable asset. |
have to do some explaining. |
He does not have a sufficiently strong dedication to civil rights law that I believe a judge on this circuit court must have. |
He is the president, not a king. |
He's got to do better than the shoddy piecing together of flimsy evidence that contradicts the briefings we have received by various agencies, ... I'm not hearing the same things at the briefings that I'm hearing from the president's top officials. |
Health care for all Americans is the most pressing domestic issue today. It's far past time for the President and Congress to deliver health care to everyone. |
How much longer can the elected representatives of the American people in this Congress allow the President to rack up over a billion dollars a week in new debts? This war is draining, by one estimate, $5.6 billion every month from our economy, funds that might be used to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina recover, or to help address the skyrocketing health care costs facing businesses and families, or to help pay down the enormous debt this government has already piled up. |