Secretary of State Nomination Hearing, Day 2

Jan 19, 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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00:00:01 Host I HAVE TO LEAVE IT THAT WAY. THANKS FOR JOINING US. WE GO TO DAY TWO OF DR. RICE'S CONFIRMATION HEARING....
00:00:41 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING.
00:01:04 Unidentified Speaker THIS HEARING OF THE SENATE FORMAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE IS CALLED TO ORDER. WE APPRECIATE THE ATTENDANCE...
00:02:39 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. LET ME JOIN YOU IN COMMENDING OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE COMMITTEE ...
00:04:15 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR. MAY I TAKE ONE MOMENT BEFORE ANSWERING IT IS QUESTION JUST TO ALSO THANK THE MEMBERS...
00:05:11 Unidentified Speaker GREAT.
00:05:14 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, NOW LET ME TURN TO SENATOR DODD'S QUESTION. THE UNITED STATES IS NOT PERMITTED TO TRANSFER...
00:06:16 Unidentified Speaker IF YOU WOULD LOOK AT THAT.
00:06:17 Unidentified Speaker I WILL. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT THAT AT SOME POINT WHEN WE'RE NOT IN OPEN SESSION.
00:06:23 Unidentified Speaker THIS MAY BE THE LAST, MR. CHAIRMAN, SO WE HAVE TIME FOR OTHERS AS WELL. WE MENTIONED EARLIER, SENATOR...
00:08:23 Unidentified Speaker I WILL TAKE A HARD LOOK AT IT. WE HAD IN CONCEPT, WHEN WE HAD THE INITIATIVE EXACTLY THIS IN MIND,...
00:08:51 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR DODD. MANY SENATORS HAVE COME IN SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE HEARING. WE'LL HAVE...
00:09:10 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD MORNING. DR. RICE. I SEE YOU'RE FOURTH IN LINE FOR SUCCESSION TO THE...
00:09:29 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:09:31 Unidentified Speaker GOING BACK TO OUR QUESTIONS OF FINDING -- MY QUESTIONS FROM YESTERDAY, FINDING COMMON GROUND, AND...
00:10:09 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR, FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER THAT, BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED TO LOOK...
00:11:08 Unidentified Speaker CAN WE SPECIFICALLY GO BACK TO VENEZUELA AGAIN? WHERE CAN WE FIND COMMON GROUND?
00:11:13 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE, OBVIOUSLY -- WE TALKED ABOUT THE ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP YESTERDAY, AND THERE'S COMMON GROWNTD...
00:12:00 Unidentified Speaker AND WITH IRAN, CAN YOU -- IS THERE ANY POTENTIAL FOR FINDING COMMON GROUND WITH IRAN?
00:12:07 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I THINK THE PROBLEMS WITH IRAN ARE WELL KNOWN, AND WE'VE TRIED TO MAKE THEM KNOWN TO THE IRANIAN...
00:14:01 Unidentified Speaker IT SEEMS TO ME, GOING BACK INTO HISTORY, THE SAME OCCURRENCES WERE WITH THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA...
00:15:07 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, LET ME JUST MAKE THE FOLLOWING POINT. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE FORM FOR THE FUTURE WAS HELD, THE...
00:16:33 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW MY TIME IS UP. I'LL JUST SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND YESTERDAY...
00:16:46 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:16:48 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR CHAFEE. SENATOR BIDEN.
00:16:55 Unidentified Speaker MADAME SECRETARY, YOU HAD A LONG DAY YESTERDAY, AND -- BUT YOU'VE GOT MANY LONG DAYS AHEAD OF YOU...
00:28:47 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, I'LL BE BRIEF. THE QUESTION ABOUT IRAN, I THINK, IS A QUESTION OF LOOKING AT THE TOTALITY...
00:29:16 Unidentified Speaker IF THEY GAVE US THAT DEAL, WOULD WE SIGN IT?
00:29:20 Unidentified Speaker IF THE IEANIANS ARE READY TO GET RID OF THEIR NUCLEAR PROGRAM, THAT WOULD BE A VERY GOOD DAY, AND...
00:29:29 Unidentified Speaker I WISH WE HAD A COURT REPORTER TO PLAY BACK WHAT YOU JUST SAID. WHAT'S THE ANSWER? WOULD YOU MAKE...
00:29:34 Unidentified Speaker THE ANSWER, SENATOR, IS I'M NOT GOING TO GET INTO HYPOTHETICAL THET CALS UNTIL I KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING...
00:29:39 Unidentified Speaker YOU'RE IN A HYPOTHETICAL WITH CHINA, YOU MAKE A LOT OF DEALS WITH CHINA.
00:29:44 Unidentified Speaker I UNDERSTAND.
00:29:46 Unidentified Speaker THEIR SUPPORT IS HORRIBLE. THEIR PROBLEMS WITH US ARE SERIOUS. I MEAN, I DON'T GET IT. WHY CAN'T YOU...
00:30:03 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, WHAT WE HAVE SAID TO THE IRANIANS IS LOOK AT THE LIBYAN EXAMPLE, THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T...
00:30:11 Unidentified Speaker AND LOOK AT THE LIBYAN EXAMPLE AND LOOK ATTICA DOFFY'S ROLE RIGHT NOW ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN HIS COUNTRY....
00:30:17 Unidentified Speaker WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE LIBYAN EXAMPLE IS THE LIBYANS MAKE AN IRREVERSIBLE, WE BELIEVE, DECISION ABOUT...
00:30:37 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S NOT WHAT -- I ASKED HIM WHY HE MADE THE DEAL, STRAIGHT UP. THE STATE DEPARTMENT WAS IN THERE....
00:31:28 Unidentified Speaker LET ME TURN BRIEFLY TO THE LESSONS LEARNED IN LIBYA. AS I SAID, WE'VE MADE A LOT OF DECISIONS IN THIS...
00:31:55 Unidentified Speaker I APPRECIATE THAT.
00:31:57 Unidentified Speaker AND THAT'S HOW I SEE IT.
00:31:59 Unidentified Speaker LIKE I TOLD MY DAUGHTER, HAVE I NO DOUBT -- WHEN SHE WAS 18 -- 16, NO DOUBT BY THE TIME SHE WAS 30...
00:32:12 Unidentified Speaker OH, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
00:32:13 Unidentified Speaker I'M TALKING ABOUT PAIN HERE.
00:32:16 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I'M AFRAID IN DIFFICULT HISTORICAL CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF IT, AND A LOT...
00:33:03 Unidentified Speaker ALL WE WANT TO KNOW IS HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PACE IT WITH THE 15 BILLION BUCKS THAT'S OUT THERE NOW...
00:33:11 Unidentified Speaker WE KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT, SENATOR.
00:33:13 Unidentified Speaker DO YOU TO WANT TELL US?
00:33:14 Unidentified Speaker THAT SPENDING IS ACCELERATING, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO GIVE YOU A FULL ACCOUNTING OF IT NEXT TIME I SEE...
00:33:20 Unidentified Speaker GOD BLESS YOU. BY THE WAY, MY DAUGHTER IS 23. SHE THINKS I'M HANDSOME AND SMART AGAIN. ALL IS WELL....
00:33:29 Unidentified Speaker ALL IS WELL.
00:33:30 Unidentified Speaker AND SHE'S RIGHT.
00:33:33 Unidentified Speaker WE BETTER STRAIGHTEN HER OUT.
00:33:35 Unidentified Speaker YEAH, THANKS, PAL.
00:33:37 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR COLEMAN.
00:33:38 Unidentified Speaker I'VE GOT ONE AT 27, AND I'M STILL GOING THROUGH A LOT OF PAIN.
00:33:46 Unidentified Speaker TWO COMMENTS, DR. RICE. ONE, WITH ALL THE TALK ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY BILLS, THE THINGS THAT IMPACT...
00:35:06 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:35:10 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR COLEMAN. SENATOR FEINGOLD.
00:35:14 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. DR. RICE, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU. I'M STRUCK WITH THE CONVERSATION...
00:36:49 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING QUESTION, SENATOR, AND IT'S A HARD QUESTION. AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE MEASURING...
00:39:48 Unidentified Speaker I APPRECIATE THAT ANSWER. LET ME -- I RECOGNIZE HOW IMPERFECT IT IS, AND I THINK A LOT OF IT HAS TO...
00:41:42 Unidentified Speaker AGAIN, A VERY IMPORTANT POINT. THE WHOLE CONCEPT, ESSENTIALLY THE OF PART OF THE EMERGENCY PLAN THAT...
00:43:43 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:43:46 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR FEINGOLD. SENATOR HAGLE?
00:43:49 Unidentified Speaker NO.
00:43:52 Unidentified Speaker HAGLE PASSES. SENATOR BOXER.
00:43:55 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR, FOR BEING SO FAIR. THANK YOU, DR. RICE, FOR ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS. MR. CHAIRMAN,...
00:53:18 Unidentified Speaker PROCEED.
00:53:22 Unidentified Speaker OKAY. WHEN YOU WERE MAKING THE CASE FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU SAID THAT, FRANKLY,...
00:58:15 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
00:58:16 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I'LL BE BRIEF. SENATOR BOXER, LET ME RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF SPECIFIC POINTS VERY BRIEFLY,...
00:58:38 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S RIGHT.
00:58:39 Unidentified Speaker AND IT WAS A PROVISION, OF COURSE, WITH WHICH WE WOULD HAVE HAD NO DIFFICULTY, WHICH WAS ONE THAT...
00:58:56 Unidentified Speaker DR. RICE, I AGREE WITH YOU COMPLETELY, BUT YOUR LETTER DIDN'T SAY --
00:59:00 Unidentified Speaker NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
00:59:02 Unidentified Speaker THE ONE PROVISION -- BUT THEY COULD HAVE KEPT THAT ONE PROVISION.
00:59:04 Unidentified Speaker YES. WE DECIDED, YOU'RE RIGHT, NOT TO TRY AND PART. BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT YOU DID NOT...
00:59:12 Unidentified Speaker OF COURSE I DIDN'T, BOUGHT THEY COULD HAVE KEPT THAT. YOU DIDN'T TELL THEM TO KEEP THAT.
00:59:17 Unidentified Speaker BUT THE IMPRESSION WAS LEFT THAT WHAT WE OBJECTED TO WAS
00:59:19 Unidentified Speaker BUT YOU DID.
00:59:21 Unidentified Speaker WHEN, IN FACT, THERE WERE SEVERAL.
00:59:22 Unidentified Speaker WELL, YOU DID YESTERDAY OBJECT TO IT. YOU SAID IT WAS DUPLICATIVE.
00:59:27 Unidentified Speaker NO, I SAID IT WAS IN THE DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL. BUT I JUST WANT FOR THE RECORD IT TO BE NOTED...
00:59:40 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:59:42 Unidentified Speaker SO THE CONTEXT HERE WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. SECONDLY, LET ME JUST RESPOND VERY BRIEFLY, SENATOR BOXER,...
01:01:25 Unidentified Speaker NO. THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SAID THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THAT THE TUBES WERE EVIDENCE OF RECONSTITUTION,...
01:05:47 Unidentified Speaker IF I COULD, AND I KNOW I'M TAKING A LOT OF TIME, I JUST DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SPEAK AGAIN, BUT I WOULD...
01:06:03 Unidentified Speaker AND BALANCING EQUIPMENT, AND THE ACCOUNTS OUT OF WHICH HE KEPT THESE CAME, AND KEEPING NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS...
01:06:12 Unidentified Speaker YES, MY POINT, LET'S HAVE THE ENTIRE PICTURE. WHEN I ASKED YOU ABOUT ALUMINUM TUBES, YOU TALKED ABOUT...
01:07:50 Unidentified Speaker MAY I JUST CLOSE BY SAYING, SENATOR BOXER, I PROBABLY MORE THAN MOST, BECAUSE I DID HAVE A ROLE IN...
01:11:28 Unidentified Speaker THEY ARE STRAIGHTFORWARD.
01:11:29 Unidentified Speaker I WILL ANSWER.
01:11:30 Unidentified Speaker THEY PROBABLY HAVE BEEN ANSWERED IN THE QUESTIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE RECORD, SO IT WILL NOT BE DIFFICULT,...
01:11:38 Unidentified Speaker I AM HAPPY TO DO IT, SENATOR. WE WILL GET THEM BACK TO YOU SHORTLY.
01:11:44 Unidentified Speaker NOW, COMPELLING QUESTIONS, I SEE SENATOR NELSON RAISE HIS HAND. ARE THERE ANY ON THIS SIDE THAT FEEL...
01:11:58 Unidentified Speaker AND THERE MAY BE CLOSING STATEMENTS, NOT QUESTIONS, BEFORE THE ACTUAL VOTE, WHICH WOULD BE APPROPRIATE....
01:12:07 Unidentified Speaker THAT COULD BE A PART OF THE REST OF OUR BUSINESS.
01:12:09 Unidentified Speaker YES.
01:12:11 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL HAVE DISCUSSION AT THAT POINT. ALL RIGHT. SENATOR NELSON.
01:12:17 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. JUST PICKING UP ON A THEME THAT WAS HIT HERE, THAT THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY,...
01:14:15 Unidentified Speaker SENATOR, I'M SORRY. I DON'T REMEMBER THE BRIEFING, WHAT WAS SAID AT THE BRIEFING. I DON'T EVEN KNOW...
01:15:21 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I GUESS THE QUESTION WOULD BE, SINCE WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD, WHICH HAS BEEN THE THEME OF MY...
01:15:43 Unidentified Speaker WELL, I WILL CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE I.N.R., WHICH IS HEADED BY A SECRETARY WHO I HAVE KNOWN FOR 20-PLUS...
01:16:35 Unidentified Speaker 10 SECONDS.
01:16:36 Unidentified Speaker OF COURSE.
01:16:37 Unidentified Speaker WILL YOU TELL US THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE, IF WE ASK YOU?
01:16:40 Unidentified Speaker WELL, OF COURSE, AND YOU WILL KNOW, BECAUSE THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY ALWAYS FIGHTS ANY DISSENT....
01:16:48 Unidentified Speaker NO, BUT YOU AS SECRETARY OF STATE, WILL YOU TELL US IF WE DON'T ASK YOU, WE DON'T KNOW TO ASK YOU,...
01:16:58 Unidentified Speaker FROM THE I.N.R., OF COURSE.
01:17:00 Unidentified Speaker THAT'S THE POINT, THAT WE FELT LIKE THAT. WE DIDN'T KNOW TO ASK BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD ABOUT THESE U.A.V.'S,...
01:19:09 Unidentified Speaker ABSOLUTELY, AND WE WILL LOOK
01:19:11 Unidentified Speaker OK. AND MY FINAL STATEMENT, JUST A LITTLE THING THAT NOBODY EVER RECOGNIZES RECOLLECT BUT BECAUSE...
01:20:30 Unidentified Speaker I WILL.
01:20:32 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
01:20:34 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR NELSON. I WILL CALL UPON SENATOR OBAMA, BECAUSE SENATOR CHAFFEE HAS HAD...
01:20:45 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF. THE FIRST QUESTION, I GUESS, I HAVE IS...
01:22:15 Unidentified Speaker I AM. I WILL NOTE THAT THE POLICE TRAINING IS ACTUALLY UNDER THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT.
01:22:21 Unidentified Speaker I UNDERSTAND.
01:22:22 Unidentified Speaker MILITARY.
01:22:24 Unidentified Speaker REQUIRE ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT FROM SECRETARY RUMSFELD.
01:22:26 Unidentified Speaker I WILL TALK TO SECRETARY RUMSFELD ABOUT IT, AND I AM CERTAIN THAT WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE TO THE CONCERNS....
01:22:34 Unidentified Speaker OK. THE SECOND -- I GUESS THIS IS MORE OF A POINT RATHER THAN A QUESTION, BUT I AM HAPPY TO SOLICIT...
01:27:02 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. LET ME JUST PERHAPS -- YOU HAVE A COMMENT, BUT LET ME JUST, I HAVE NO DIFFICULTY TELLING...
01:27:30 Unidentified Speaker WHICH I RESPECT. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT IN YOUR ROLE AS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR.
01:27:36 Unidentified Speaker WELL, BUT IN MY ROLE AS SECRETARY, I WANT IT TO BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT I STILL BELIEVE THAT WE...
01:29:26 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
01:29:28 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SENATOR CHAFFEE.
01:29:30 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, ONCE AGAIN, MR. CHAIRMAN. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS FROM SENATOR...
01:29:58 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR CHAFFEE. REQUESTED BY SENATE RANKING MEMBER FOR AT LEAST ONE FINAL COMMENT OR STATEMENT...
01:30:15 Unidentified Speaker DR. RICE, I SUSPECT YOUR PRESS OFFICE HAS BEEN ASKED BY THE PRESS, AS OFTEN AS I HAVE IN THE LAST...
01:40:06 Unidentified Speaker I ONLY WANT TO SAY, SENATOR, THAT WE TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT THE FACT THAT THE 120,000 IS STRENGTH,...
01:40:33 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS YOUR OVERALL ASSESSMENT?
01:40:35 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THAT WE HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRAINING. I WOULD BE THE FIRST TO SAY THAT. THAT IS WHY...
01:41:02 Unidentified Speaker IN TRUTH, THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED IN 19 MONTHS.
01:41:06 Unidentified Speaker WELL, THAT PIECE OF IT HAS CHANGED, BECAUSE THE COPS WERE TAKING A REAL BEATING, BUT IN ANY CASE,...
01:41:25 Unidentified Speaker THAT TRANSLATES, THEN, THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP AMERICAN FORCES IN LARGE NUMBERS THERE FOR AT LEAST SIX...
01:41:30 Unidentified Speaker WELL, SENATOR, WE CAN -- LET'S HAVE THIS DISCUSSION LATER. I WILL SAY THAT I DON'T KNOW IF THE STANDARD...
01:41:36 Unidentified Speaker I WOULD RATHER HAVE IT HERE.
01:41:37 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T KNOW IF THE STANDARD IS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO ONE FOR ONE, REPLACE AMERICAN SOLDIERS....
01:41:55 Unidentified Speaker WHAT IS YOUR STANDARD? YOU TELL ME YOUR STANDARD.
01:41:58 Unidentified Speaker MY STANDARD IS THAT THEY ARE ABLE AND CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT THE TASKS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO DEAL...
01:42:19 Unidentified Speaker AS LONG AS THEY DO IT, SO WE CAN COME HOME.
01:42:22 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SENATOR BIDEN. DR. RICE, AS YOU CAN TELL, WE ARE A COMMITTEE CONCERNED ABOUT THE...
01:43:12 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. RICE.
01:43:14 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR BIDEN, THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
01:45:17 Unidentified Speaker THESE ARE DIFFICULT TIMES, DIFFICULT MATTERS. I THINK YOU SHOW PATIENCE, AND YOU SHOW A SPIRIT OF...
01:49:17 Unidentified Speaker PLACED INTO THE RECORD.
01:49:19 Unidentified Speaker SO A LACK OF CANDOR IN THE PAST IS BAD ENOUGH, AND HERE WE HAVE A CONTINUING ASSAULT ON REALITY. ...
01:52:23 Unidentified Speaker MR. CHAIRMAN.
01:52:24 Unidentified Speaker IF I MAY, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU, AND SENATOR BIDEN, FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP OF THIS COMMITTEE....
01:55:31 Unidentified Speaker MR. CHAIRMAN, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR STEWARDSHIP OF THESE HEARINGS. THEY HAVE...
02:00:24 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR KERRY. LET ME JUST MAKE A PERSONAL COMMENT. PART OF DR. RICE'S RESPBILITIES WHICH...
02:06:48 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. LET ME AS I PRESUME OTHERS MAY NOT WANT TO MAKE PUBLIC STATEMENTS HERE TODAY...
02:11:24 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR. SENATOR BIDEN.
02:11:26 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THANK DR. RICE IN ABSTENTIONA FOR -- ABSENTIA FOR BEING HERE AS LONG AS IT...
02:28:32 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU, SENATOR BIDEN. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT VOTE AND I HOPE WE ARE PREPARED FOR THE VOTE. IF SO...
02:28:42 Unidentified Speaker MR. HAGEL.
02:28:44 Unidentified Speaker EYE.
02:28:46 Unidentified Speaker EYE.
02:28:47 Unidentified Speaker MR. ALLEN.
02:28:48 Unidentified Speaker EYE.
02:28:49 Unidentified Speaker MR. COLEMAN.
02:28:50 Unidentified Speaker EYE.
02:28:52 Unidentified Speaker MR. VOINOVICH.
02:28:54 Unidentified Speaker VOTES EYE BY PROXY.
02:28:55 Unidentified Speaker MR. ALEXANDER.
02:28:56 Unidentified Speaker EYE.
02:28:59 Unidentified Speaker MR.CY NEW NEW,Y.
02:29:03 Unidentified Speaker . -- AYE.
02:29:08 Unidentified Speaker MR. BIDEN. AYE.
02:29:10 Unidentified Speaker MR. SARBANES.
02:29:12 Unidentified Speaker MR. DODD.
02:29:15 Unidentified Speaker AYE.
02:29:17 Unidentified Speaker MR. KERRY.
02:29:19 Unidentified Speaker NO.
02:29:20 Unidentified Speaker MR. FEINGOLD.
02:29:21 Unidentified Speaker AYE.
02:29:23 Unidentified Speaker MRS. BOXER.
02:29:24 Unidentified Speaker NO.
02:29:25 Unidentified Speaker MR. NELSON.
02:29:28 Unidentified Speaker AYE.
02:29:29 Unidentified Speaker MR. OBAMA.
02:29:31 Unidentified Speaker AYE.
02:29:32 Unidentified Speaker MR. CHAIRMAN.
02:29:34 Unidentified Speaker AYE. WILL THE CLERK PLEASE TALLY THE COUNT.
02:29:42 Unidentified Speaker 16 YEAS. TUINEIS.
02:29:47 Unidentified Speaker -- TWO NAYS.
02:29:48 Unidentified Speaker THE COMMITTEE VOTES TO REPORT THE NOMINATION TO THE SENATE FLOOR. I THANK ALL SENATORS.

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