We need the cooperation of the Pakistanis. If we don't have any, we lose insight into the actions of those who would do our country harm.

Part of my job is to make sure the Northeast is part of our defense industrial base, and New Jersey has always played a role.

Our nation has invested millions of dollars in building safe, humane and, I may say, air-conditioned facilities to detain and prosecute the detainees at Guantanamo.

Diminishing violence is a goal everyone can support, and I look forward to participating in the debate when specific proposals come before the House.

BRAC originated in the 1960s under President Kennedy as the Department of Defense (DOD) had to realign its base structure after World War II and the Korean War. At that time, the DOD was able to close bases without congressional interference, and 60 bases were closed in the 1960s.

War is much too serious a thing to be left to military men.

I don't have the experience of being in a war.

Once the public loses confidence in a president's leadership at a time of war, once they don't trust him anymore, once his credibility is sharply diminished, how does he get it back?