Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients

We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices.

Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President's decision to initiate military action against Iraq

The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world

I am 100 percent supportive of the stand-alone bill to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' that Sens. Lieberman and Collins have now proposed, and indeed I will co-sponsor that legislation. It is time for this discriminatory policy to end, and I am willing to pursue any effective legislative path that could lead to that result

The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist

Even top caliber hospitals cannot escape medical mistakes that sometimes result in irreparable damage to patients