Secretary of State Nomination Hearing, Day 1 AM

Jan 18, 2005

Senate Committee Foreign Relations

Ms. Rice testified about her nomination as secretary of state in the second Bush administration. Among the issues she addressed were cooperation with allies and building international coalitions, tensions in the Middle East and the impact of U.S. foreign policy on the entire region, efforts to combat global terrorism, global issues in the post .. Read More
Ms. Rice testified about her nomination as secretary of state in the second Bush administration. Among the issues she addressed were cooperation with allies and building international coalitions, tensions in the Middle East and the impact of U.S. foreign policy on the entire region, efforts to combat global terrorism, global issues in the post Cold War world, and her qualifications for the position. She also answered questions about other foreign policy concerns and public opinion of the U.S. around the world.

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00:00:03 Unidentified Speaker YOU'RE WELCOME.
00:00:04 Host WELL TAKE YOU OVER TO 216 HART, SENATE OFFICE BUILDING, NEW SENATOR BARAK OBAMA MEMBER OF THE FOREIGN...
00:03:32 Unidentified Speaker THE COMMITTEE IS CALLED INTO ORDER. LET ME BEGIN BY WELCOMING DISTINGUISHED NEW MEMBERS TO THE COMMITTEE...
00:15:27 Unidentified Speaker I'M JUST SETTING UP, MR. CHAIRMAN.
00:15:30 Unidentified Speaker WELL, PROCEED.
00:15:31 Unidentified Speaker REPLY PURPOSE IN BEING HERE TODAY IS TO GET MORE MONEY FOR AMTRAK. I WANT TO KNOW YOUR POSITION ON...
00:33:39 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR BIDEN. I CALL NOW ON SENATOR FEINSTEIN FOR HER INTRODUCTIONS.
00:33:47 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIRMAN LUGAR, RANKING MEMBER BIDEN, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS...
00:39:09 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR FEINSTEIN, WE THANK YOU FOR A TRULY REMARKABLE INTRODUCTION OF OUR CANDIDATE. DR. RICE, BEFORE...
00:39:32 Unidentified Speaker I DO.
00:39:34 Unidentified Speaker I THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED WITH YOUR STATEMENTS.
00:39:40 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN LUGAR, SENATOR BIDEN, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. I'D...
01:04:08 Unidentified Speaker DR. RICE, THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE ASKS YOU TO MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE AND THOUGHTFUL STATEMENT AND YOU...
01:08:21 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR LUGAR. YES, WE DO. I WANT TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TREMENDOUS...
01:09:47 Unidentified Speaker I APPRECIATE THAT STATEMENT VERY MUCH. WE WILL BE WORKING WITH YOU AND THE DEPARTMENT LIKEWISE CONTINUING...
01:10:37 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR LUGAR, THE PRESIDENT HAS RAISED WITH PRESIDENT PUTIN THE ISSUE OF RATIFICATION IN THE DUMA...
01:11:45 Unidentified Speaker I APPRECIATE THAT RESPONSE. I'M HOPEFUL THAT YOU WILL WORK WITH THE PRESIDENT SO THAT WILL BE ON THE...
01:13:11 Unidentified Speaker I AGREE COMPLETELY, SENATOR. IN FACT, THE PRESIDENT HAS TALKED TO PRESIDENT PUTIN ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES...
01:13:54 Unidentified Speaker ALSO AS THE PRESIDENT VISITS WITH THE GERMAN LEADERSHIP AND PERHAPS THE FRENCH LEADERSHIP, THEY ARE...
01:14:02 Unidentified Speaker THEY ARE. IN FACT, I THINK THAT THE NONPROLIFERATION STORY IS A -- QUITE REMARKABLE STORY OF COOPERATION...
01:14:52 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO DO SO. I WOULD ADD IN AGREEMENT, THIS IS ALSO IMPORTANT, AMEC AGREEMENT, WE...
01:16:35 Unidentified Speaker CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT PASSED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SENATOR, I THINK YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF...
01:17:03 Unidentified Speaker I THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE. IN RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FOR THE RECORD YOU EMBRACED THE DEPARTMENT'S...
01:17:41 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT OF LESSONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AND ONE OF THEM I THINK IS THAT WE NEED...
01:19:37 Unidentified Speaker GREAT. WE'LL COUNT UPON YOU FOR LEADERSHIP OF OUR LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS SO WE WORK TOGETHER ON THIS....
01:19:47 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DR. RICE, YOU'RE I'M TOLD A GREAT FOOTBALL FAN. I NOTICE WHEN I GO IN YOUR OFFICE...
01:20:00 Unidentified Speaker DID THEY COME FROM DELAWARE?
01:20:01 Unidentified Speaker YES, THEY DID.
01:20:02 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
01:20:05 Unidentified Speaker I KNEW YOU KNOW THAT. VERY IMPORTANT POINT. DR. RICE, I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IRAQ IF I...
01:22:49 Unidentified Speaker NO, SENATOR. WE DID NOT WRITE A REPORT OF THAT KIND. WE OBVIOUSLY WERE AWARE OF ALL OF THE LITERATURE...
01:23:56 Unidentified Speaker IN RETROSPECT DO YOU THINK IT WAS ADEQUATELY RESOURCED? I'M NOT TRYING -- WHAT DO YOU THINK NOW? ...
01:24:15 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR BIDEN, I WOULD NOT PRESUME TO TRY TO GIVE THE PRESIDENT MILITARY ADVICE, BUT I DO BELIEVE...
01:25:22 Unidentified Speaker GETTING A CHANCE TO LOOK BACK YOU THINK THERE WERE AN ADEQUATE NUMBER OF FORCES BEGINNING, MIDDLE,...
01:25:33 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T THINK I WOULD, SENATOR.
01:25:36 Unidentified Speaker YOU ARE AWARE THAT MR. BREMER SUGGESTS THAT WE NEEDED -- HE IS THE FORMER, AS WE ALL KNOW, AMBASSADOR...
01:28:03 Unidentified Speaker BY TRAINED, SENATOR, WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DO IS TAKE IRAQIS, SOME OF WHOM HAVE SERVED BEFORE,...
01:28:55 Unidentified Speaker WHAT HAVE WE DONE ABOUT THAT GAP?
01:28:57 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE A VERY ACTIVE PROGRAM NOW THAT PRIME MINISTER ALLAWI IS VERY INVOLVED IN HIMSELF OF VETTING...
01:29:17 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S NOT EVEN SET UP YET, IS IT?
01:29:19 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE ON THE GROUND --
01:29:22 Unidentified Speaker HERE'S THE REASON I ASK THIS QUESTION. I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, MY TIME IS ABOUT UP, I TALKED EARLIER...
01:31:08 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR I HAVE TO RELY ON WHAT I GET FROM THE FIELD. BY THE WAY I THINK THAT THE TRIPS THAT YOU HAVE...
01:32:25 Unidentified Speaker NO QUESTION.
01:32:27 Unidentified Speaker THEIR SOLDIERS, THEY ARE POLICE IN PLACES LIKE FALLUJAH AND SAMARRA AND NAJAF THEY HAVE PLAYED AN...
01:32:42 Unidentified Speaker I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANSWER. I THINK YOU'LL FIND IF YOU SPEAK TO THE FOLKS ON THE GROUND THEY DON'T...
01:33:18 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU SENATOR BIDEN. SENATOR HAGEL.
01:33:20 Unidentified Speaker MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU. WELCOME, DR. RICE. MR. CHAIRMAN I HAVE A STATEMENT THAT I WOULD ASK TO BE...
01:33:28 Unidentified Speaker IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN FULL.
01:33:30 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. AS HAS BEEN NOTED HERE AND I THINK ELOQUENTLY STATED BY SENATOR FEINSTEIN THAT YOU COME...
01:35:12 Unidentified Speaker WE DO HAVE SOME THINGS WE HAVE TO ACCOMPLISH AFTER THE ELECTIONS. SENATOR BIDEN HAS TALKED A LOT ...
01:37:12 Unidentified Speaker MAY I JUST ASK A FOLLOW-UP. HOW WILL THAT CHANGE FROM WHAT WE HAD BEEN DOING? CAN YOU GIVE THIS COMMITTEE...
01:37:45 Unidentified Speaker OUR ROLE IS DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL I THINK, SENATOR, TO HOW CAPABLE THE IRAQIS ARE. AS THEY BECOME...
01:38:59 Unidentified Speaker WILL THAT REQUIRE A CHANGE OF POLICY?
01:39:00 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T THINK IT REQUIRES A CHANGE OF POLICY. WE HAVE ALL HAD OVER TIME AN EVOLUTION OF ATTITUDE WHICH...
01:39:38 Unidentified Speaker LET ME ASK YOU ON THE BASIS OF TROOPS, IF I HAVE READ ACCURATELY AND YOU NOTED THIS, GENERAL CASEY'S...
01:40:05 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE CERTAINLY RIGHT NOW VERY FOCUSED ON SECURITY FOR THE ELECTION. AND WHILE THAT WILL PASS ON...
01:41:01 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. LET ME MOVE TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ISSUE. WHAT DO YOU AND THE PRESIDENT ENVISION AS...
01:41:32 Unidentified Speaker WE ALL BELIEVE AND MOST ESPECIALLY THE PRESIDENT THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY HERE GIVEN...
01:42:55 Unidentified Speaker AS SECRETARY OF STATE YOU INTEND TO BE VERY INVOLVED, ENGAGED WITH CONSIDERABLE ACTIVITY AS WE GO...
01:43:03 Unidentified Speaker ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE SENATOR, I DON'T THINK WE CAN AFFORD TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY IF THE PARTIES ...
01:43:15 Unidentified Speaker I PROBABLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE QUESTION. IT'S GOING TO BE MORE -- ONE MORE QUESTION. IMMIGRATION. YOU...
01:43:44 Unidentified Speaker THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT AND PROPONENT OF THE IMMIGRATION REFORM GOING BACK TO WHEN...
01:44:55 Unidentified Speaker I'M GOING TO REINTRODUCE MY COMPREHENSIVE I THINK THE ONLY BIPARTISAN IMMIGRATION REFORM LEGISLATION...
01:45:15 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR SARBANES.
01:45:16 Unidentified Speaker MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO FIRST OF ALL WELCOME OUR NEW COLLEAGUES TO THIS COMPLETE,...
01:50:52 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE BEEN IN YOUR SHADOW FOR YEARS.
01:50:57 Unidentified Speaker IT'S PRETTY APPARENT WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE. AND AN INCREDIBLE DETERIORATION IN RECENT YEARS IN THE...
01:54:55 Unidentified Speaker I KNOW, SENATOR, THAT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS ECONOMIC TEAM REGARD IT AS A SERIOUS SET OF ISSUES THAT...
01:55:24 Unidentified Speaker FOR YOUR AGENDA? AFTER ALL IT AFFECTS AMERICAN POWER AND THE ABILITY TO PROJECT POWER. THERE IS A...
01:55:41 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, OF COURSE, IT IS AN IMPORTANT -- THE STRENGTH OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE...
01:56:37 Unidentified Speaker BUT THE TRADE BALANCE IS HAS -- HAS WORSENED MARKETEDLY. SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH THE SET OF POLICIES...
01:57:03 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. I DO THINK THAT THE ECONOMIC...
01:59:03 Unidentified Speaker OUR GROWTH DOESN'T -- IS GROWING IN A WAY THAT WE ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORTGAGED TO OTHERS. ...
01:59:45 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR SARBANES. SENATOR CHAFEE.
01:59:48 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME, DR. RICE.
01:59:51 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
01:59:52 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR FEINSTEIN MENTIONED HOW PROUD YOUR PARENTS, JOHN AND ANGELINA, MUST BE AND ARE HERE IN SPIRIT,...
02:00:03 Unidentified Speaker HE DID, AND HE WAS A MINISTER IN BIRMINGHAM, AND THEY ALL DID, AND EVERYONE ADMIRED HIM. WE ALSO...
02:00:20 Unidentified Speaker WELL, DR. KING'S ONE OF MY
02:00:22 Unidentified Speaker MINE, TOO.
02:00:23 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR HAGEL MENTIONED THE DISTINGUISHED CAREER OF YOUR PREDECESSOR, SECRETARY POWELL, AND I'M CURIOUS...
02:00:44 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE GOAL HERE IS TO BUILD ON THE CONSIDERABLE ACHIEVEMENTS OF SECRETARY POWELL...
02:03:19 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU SEE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AHEAD?
02:03:24 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THERE'S ALWAYS NEED FOR CHANGE BECAUSE, OF COURSE, CONDITIONS ARE DIFFERENT. AND I THINK WE...
02:04:19 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. AS CHAIRMAN OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, I'M INTERESTED IN YOUR COMMENTS ON THE...
02:04:43 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO THINK ABOUT VIABILITY. ONE IS THAT IT HAS TO HAVE TERRITORY THAT MAKES...
02:05:55 Unidentified Speaker I'M SURE THE MANY PALESTINIAN MODERATES WOULD LIKE TO HEAR MORE SPECIFICS ON WHAT MIGHT CONSTITUTE...
02:06:09 Unidentified Speaker WELL, AS THE PRESIDENT SAID WHEN HE MET WITH PRIME MINISTER SHARON BACK IN, I THINK IT WAS MAY, WE...
02:08:03 Unidentified Speaker IN THE NEWS TODAY, SOME ARE CALLING UPON THE NEW PALESTINIAN LEADERSHIP TO BE MORE PROACTIVE AGAINST...
02:08:40 Unidentified Speaker YES, WELL, I DO BELIEVE THAT ABU ABASS MADE A GOOD START IN WHAT HE SAID, WHICH IS THAT THERE REALLY...
02:10:04 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. RICE. I SEE MY TIME IS UP. I JUST RETURNED FROM A TRIP WITH SENATOR...
02:10:20 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
02:10:21 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU, SENATOR CHAFEE. WHAT A WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION.
02:10:30 Unidentified Speaker YOU'LL STIMULATE ME TO ANSWER IN RUSSIAN, I'M SORRY, SENATOR.
02:10:35 Unidentified Speaker I'M NOT GOING TO TRY TO ASK YOU QUESTIONS IN SPANISH. WELCOME TO THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH....
02:10:59 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR MARTINEZ IS GOING ON THE BANKING COMMITTEE. HE WANTS TO WORK OVER HIS SUCCESSOR.
02:11:04 Unidentified Speaker YEAH, I KNOW. EXPECT YOU TO ASK TOUGH QUESTIONS IN THOSE HEARINGS. LET ME ALSO, MR. CHAIRMAN, COMMEND...
02:17:38 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU DODD, AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIME THAT YOU DID SPEND. I LOOK FORWARD TO TALKING TO...
02:23:32 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THANK YOU. MY TIME IS UP HERE. LET ME -- JUST A COUPLE OF POINTS. THIS UNDERSCORES THE POINT...
02:24:23 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WE WILL CERTAINLY WORK WITH THE CONGRESS ON THIS. BUT WE OBVIOUSLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE AGREEMENTS...
02:24:30 Unidentified Speaker LET ME JUST COMMENT BRIEFLY. I THINK SENATOR CHAFEE AND NELSON AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE WERE IMPRESSED...
02:24:57 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. SENATOR, MAY I JUST HAVE ONE MOMENT? YOU MENTIONED VENEZUELA, AND I'D LIKE TO JUST ADDRESS...
02:26:09 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT, BUT THAT'S A TWO-WAY STREET, DR. RICE. IT REQUIRES WE WORK ON...
02:26:40 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR DODD. I CONGRATULATE YOU AND SENATOR CHAFEE AND SENATOR NELSON ON THE...
02:27:09 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I GUESS THIS IS ON. I THANK ALL THE MEMBERS PRECEDING ME FOR THEIR...
02:31:37 Unidentified Speaker WELL, WE REALLY DO HAVE TO ENHANCE OUR EFFORTS, I THINK, IN GETTING OUR WORD OUT AND GETTING THE WORD...
02:33:36 Unidentified Speaker WELL, COUNT ME AS ONE WHO'S GOING TO WANT TO WORK WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING NEWS AND...
02:35:38 Unidentified Speaker WELL, OBJECT WHY ISLY AFTER SEPTEMBER 11, WE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT WHO WAS INSIDE THE BOREDERS. I THINK...
02:37:53 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, DR. RICE. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
02:37:56 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR ALLEN. SENATOR KERRY, BEFORE YOU CAME IN THIS MORNING, SENATOR BIDEN...
02:38:18 Unidentified Speaker MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MAY INTERRUPT, I INDICATED SENATOR KERRY, I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT HE'S BACK....
02:38:32 Unidentified Speaker WELL, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WISH WE COULD HAVE TRANSLATED YOUR PRIDE INTO SOME VOTES, BUT THANK YOU ANYWAY....
02:45:58 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR. I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN THERE RECENTLY, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU...
02:50:07 Unidentified Speaker YES.
02:50:08 Unidentified Speaker I UNDERSTAND THAT. I MEAN, YOU'RE DESCRIBING FOR ME THE DIFFERENT GROUPS OF TERRORISTS. I KNOW WHO...
02:50:51 Unidentified Speaker BUT SENATOR, THE ONLY REASON THAT I REHEARSED WHO WE'RE FIGHTING IS THAT THERE WAS THE NOTION SOMEHOW...
02:51:46 Unidentified Speaker FOR TRAINING --
02:51:48 Unidentified Speaker THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO, IN DIFFERING WAYS, ARE OFFERING TRAINING. FOR INSTANCE, WE'VE TAKEN UP AND...
02:52:04 Unidentified Speaker GERMANS SAY THEY COULD DO MORE.
02:52:06 Unidentified Speaker AND WE WILL, IF THEY WANT TO DO MORE, THEY ONLY HAVE TO SAY THEY CAN DO MORE. AND I CAN GUARANTEE...
02:52:45 Unidentified Speaker WELL, MY TIME IS UP, AND I WANT TO -- WE'RE NOT REALLY FINISHED WITH IT IN A SENSE, BUT LET ME JUST...
02:53:43 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, I THINK THAT THE ELECTIONS, THE IRAQIS UNDERSTAND THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THE ELECTIONS WILL...
02:55:55 Unidentified Speaker I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE. THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHY IT'S NOT HAPPENING AT A PACE THAT MAXIMIZES...
02:57:11 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR KERRY. THE CHAIR HAS ALLOWED THE EXCHANGE TO PROCEED BECAUSE IT WAS...
02:57:43 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WANT TO JOIN THOSE IN APPLAUDING IT SECRETARY POWELL AND ARMITAGE FOR THE...
02:58:02 Unidentified Speaker THERE'S GOING TO BE A CERTAIN ANONYMOUS OVER THERE. JUST PASS A QUICK RESOLUTION AND MOVE ON.
02:58:11 Unidentified Speaker I ALSO WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THE INCREDIBLE WORK THE FOREIGN SERVICE STAFF DOES. I JUST CAME BACK ON...
03:03:11 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, AND WE WILL VERY MUCH PUSH ON THOSE ISSUES AND ISSUES OF THE SCHNERSEN DOCUMENTS BUT ALSO...
03:03:27 Unidentified Speaker LET ME RAISE ONE OTHER ISSUE. MY SUBCOMMITTEE IS INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION OF OIL FOR FOOD. WE...
03:04:45 Unidentified Speaker I WILL AGREE WITH YOU, I WILL USE THE WORD SCANDAL. IT IS A SCANDAL WHAT HAPPENED WITH OIL FOR FOOD....
03:09:03 Unidentified Speaker AND WE HEARD THAT FROM OUR BIPARTISAN VISIT JUST LAST WEEK. IF I CAN, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO...
03:09:41 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR COLEMAN. SENATOR FINE GOLD.
03:09:46 Unidentified Speaker LET ME JOIN THE OTHERS IN CONGRATULATING YOU ON YOUR NOMINATION. I HAVE ALWAYS ENJOYED OUR CONVERSATIONS...
03:12:30 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, LET ME BE VERY CLEAR ON THIS. WE HAVE BEEN REACHING OUT TO OTHERS AND ASKING THEM WHAT THEY...
03:15:08 Unidentified Speaker I THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY CONSENSUS IS WE HAVE NOT REACHED OUT AS WELL AND AS OFTEN AS WE COULD. BUT...
03:17:06 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF IMPORTANT ELEMENTS IN THE FIGHT ON TERROR, AND I WILL COME BACK TO...
03:19:17 Unidentified Speaker DR. RICE, I DON'T SHARE THE VIEW THAT THEY HAVE LOST TERRITORY, ACTUALLY. I HAPPEN TO HAVE SUPPORTED...
03:20:05 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, IN EAST AFRICA, WE HAVE A VERY EFFECTIVE SET OF PARTNERSHIPS AND COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY...
03:20:30 Unidentified Speaker DR. RICE, I SEE MY TIME IS UP, BUT WE HAVE NO POLICY IN SOMALIA. OUR GOVERNMENT HAS NO POLICY IN ...
03:20:42 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, OUR INTENTION IN SOMALIA IS TO TRY AND WORK WITH THE EGAT PROCESS THERE TO BRING ABOUT A...
03:22:04 Unidentified Speaker JUST ONE LAST COMMENT. CERTAINLY THE FREEDOM DEFICIT IS A LEGITIMATE WAY TO LOOK AT THIS, BUT I THINK...
03:22:19 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
03:22:23 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR FEINGOLD. SENATOR VOINOVICH.
03:22:26 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO PUBLICLY THANK SECRETARY POWELL AND SECRETARY ARMITAGE AND THEIR...
03:26:06 Unidentified Speaker YES, I THINK IT IS A HIGH PRIORITY, SENATOR, BECAUSE IT WOULD HELP COMPLETE THE EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION,...
03:28:04 Unidentified Speaker I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I HOPE THAT WE REALLY GIVE IT THE PRIORITY IT NEEDS, BECAUSE I -- LAST YEAR...
03:28:52 Unidentified Speaker I TAKE THE POINT, SENATOR.
03:28:54 Unidentified Speaker THE OTHER ISSUE I'M VERY INTERESTED IN IS THE AREA OF GLOBAL ANTI-SEMITISM. AS YOU KNOW, WE PASSED...
03:30:15 Unidentified Speaker I APPRECIATE IT, SENATOR. I'M AWARE OF THE CONFERENCE. IT WILL BE A VERY IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. I...
03:30:25 Unidentified Speaker IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE SOVIET -- THE RUSSIA IS DRAGGING ITS FEET AND SLOWING THINGS DOWN RIGHT...
03:30:31 Unidentified Speaker I THINK AT SOME POINT HAVE SAID THEY MIGHT NOT CONTRIBUTE. I UNDERSTAND THAT. THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT...
03:30:57 Unidentified Speaker IT'S, AS I SAY, HIGH PRIORITY, THE MONEY. I ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, FEEL THAT OUR BEST OFFENSE AGAINST...
03:32:06 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, FIRST OF ALL, I DO AGREE THAT THE TSUNAMI WAS A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW NOT JUST THE...
03:34:53 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
03:34:55 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR VOINOVICH. SENATOR BOXER.
03:34:58 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, DR. RICE, FOR AGREEING TO STAY AS LONG AS IT TAKES...
03:48:42 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, MAY I RESPOND?
03:48:43 Unidentified Speaker LET ME JUST SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF SENATOR BOXER'S STATEMENT. THAT'S WHY WE ALLOWED...
03:48:53 Unidentified Speaker I LOST TRACK OF TIME.
03:48:54 Unidentified Speaker CLEARLY, YOU OUGHT TO HAVE A RIGHT TO RESPOND. THEN AT THAT POINT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RECESS. ...
03:49:01 Unidentified Speaker YES, SENATOR, I AM MORE THAN AWARE OF THE STAKES THAT WE FACE IN IRAQ, AND I WAS MORE THAN AWARE OF...
03:53:34 Unidentified Speaker MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M GOING TO TAKE 30 SECONDS WITH YOUR PERMISSION. FIRST OF ALL, CHARLES DALFUR SAID,...
03:54:53 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR BOXER, I WOULD REFER YOU TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH BEFORE THE AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE...
03:56:07 Unidentified Speaker YOU SHOULD READ WHAT WE VOTED ON WHEN WE VOTED TO SUPPORT THE WAR, WHICH I DID NOT BUT MOST OF MY...
03:56:33 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, THAT WAS JUST A QUESTION OF POINTING OUT TO PEOPLE THAT THERE WAS AN UNCERTAINTY, THAT NO...
03:56:44 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU CAN'T ADMIT TO THIS MISTAKE, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL RETHINK IT.
03:56:48 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, WE CAN HAVE THIS DISCUSSION IN ANY WAY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE, BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL...
03:56:54 Unidentified Speaker I'M NOT. I'M JUST QUOTING WHAT YOU SAID. YOU CONTRADICTED THE PRESIDENT AND YOU CONTRADICTED YOURSELF....
03:57:00 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, I'M HAPPY TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION, BUT I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU WILL NOT IMPLY THAT I TAKE...
03:57:08 Unidentified Speaker LET ME INTERVENE AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE HAD FOUR HOURS OF GOOD HEARING, AND WE THANK ALL MEMBERS...
04:00:35 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE OUR FIRST CALL FROM PORTLAND, OREGON. DEMOCRAT CALLING.
04:00:41 Unidentified Speaker HELLO?
04:00:44 Unidentified Speaker GO AHEAD. YOU'RE ON THE AIR, SIR.
04:00:47 Unidentified Speaker CALLING FROM PORTLAND, OREGON.
04:00:50 Unidentified Speaker YES, SIR.
04:00:51 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU WOULD TURN DOWN YOUR TELEVISION OR RADIO, YOU'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T GET CONFUSED. PORTLAND?...
04:01:10 Unidentified Speaker YOU ASKED MY NAME AND MY CITY.
04:01:15 Unidentified Speaker YOU'RE ON THE AIR ON C-SPAN. GO AHEAD. HELLO? WE SEEM TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PROBLEM WITH OUR PHONES...
04:01:37 Unidentified Speaker I'M CALLING FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA.
04:01:40 Unidentified Speaker YOU CAN GO AHEAD WITH YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE.
04:01:44 Unidentified Speaker I SUPPORT PRESIDENT BUSH.
04:01:47 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL. WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF PROBLEM WITH OUR PHONES. WE'LL TRY TO FIX THAT...

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