“stem cell research has yielded little success and continues to demonstrate inherent biological problems that make treatment for human disease unlikely.”
“You've got soldiers in the 3rd Infantry Division who are going every day on operations and they don't all have what is considered to be the gold standard in armor,”
“Our nation must manage significant national security challenges over the next several years. We are already facing a potential conflict with Iraq, new challenges on the Korean peninsula, and key decisions in the president's plans to transform the military.”
“There are always going to be insurgents in Iraq ... and there's always going to be bombs going off. That's the nature of that neighborhood, ... The key is: Can this military defend its civil government and be accountable and responsible to it? I think they're going to hold.”
“It's the right thing to do, ... I think that it is a good time to try to extend the same kind of help to those folks that I know they would offer San Diego if we were in need.”