About 75 percent of the crude oil marketed here is sold off the books, and they are doing trades that would be illegal if it was a regulated market, and of course they do not want to regulate it.

Even the majority of the Sunnis have grown tired of foreign terrorists operating in Iraq.

There is a lot of lip service paid in this Congress and downtown at the White House about family values and small business. Who better represents family values and small business than the fishermen and women on the Oregon and California coast.

In crude oil trading, we have seen a 46 percent increase over 1 year in the margins there.

In addition to a timeline, I have proposed that U.S. troops be removed from front line combat positions in Iraqi cities and towns, turning over daily security patrols, interactions with citizens, and any offensive security actions to the Iraqis themselves.

The crude oil market, unlike every other commodity in America, is virtually unregulated.

The U.S. cannot impose freedom, security, and unity in Iraq by force.