We Need To Make A Greater Investment

The President Has Undermined Trust. No Longer Will The Members Of Congress Be Entitled To Accept His Veracity. Caveat Emptor Has Become The Word. Every Member Of Congress Is On His Or Her Own To Determine The Truth.

This President Has Been Reluctant To Hold Anybody Accountable. No One Was Held Accountable After September The 11th. Nobody's Been Held Accountable After The Clear Flaws In Intelligence Leading Up To The War In Iraq.

We Need To Have A Strong Defense Focused On Areas That Are In The Greatest Vulnerability. I Have Been Very Concerned About America's 361 Seaports As A Point In Which Terrorist Activities And Materials Could Be Brought Into The Country.

I Had Earlier Concluded That A War With Iraq Would Be A Distraction From The Successful And Expeditious Completion Of Our Aims In Afghanistan. Now I Had Come To Question Whether The White House Was Telling The Truth.

A Significant Number Of Pages And Sentences That The Administration Wants To Keep In A Classified Status Have Already Been Released Publicly, Some Of It By Public Statements Of The Leadership Of The Cia And The Fbi.