When a decision is made to go to war based on intelligence, it is a fateful decision. It has ramifications and impacts way beyond the current months and years

While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis

The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security

Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.

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

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

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