20th-century dictatorship
20th-century mindset
21st-century regulatory framework
21st-century superpower power act
accountable day day
additional billion
additional tax cut
admiral mullen
afghanistan worsen deteriorate
afghan government
airport security
alternative energy
alternative energy
alternative energy
alternative energy solar wind biodiesel
always bad
al qaeda
al qaeda
al qaeda
al qaeda bin laden top-level lieutenants
al qaeda taliban
american families
america safe
america safe
america safe
another billion
another four
another mother
another place
arms race
bad decision
basic coverage
basic functions
better recipe
biggest consumers
biggest threat
biggest threat
big project
billion back
billion dollars
billion every month
billion potentially
billion surplus
billion surplus
bin laden
bin laden
bin laden
bin laden crush al qaeda
blank check
bombing iran
brazen fashion
brilliant job
brilliant job
broader strategic vision
bush administration
bush administration
business taxes
central front
central front
ceo bank accounts
chemical sites
classic example
clear earmarks account
climate change
closing point
cold war posture
combat troops put
common interest
comprehensively though
conservative republicans
constructive work
cooperation root
core issue
corporate loopholes stop providing tax cuts
correct something
critical issues
cross-border attacks
crushed many
currently spending
defense gates
defense robert gates
defining moment
dictator dictator
different judgment
direct contacts
direct diplomacy
disability payments
domestic production
drilling off-shore
earlier importance
early childhood education
easy situation
economic philosophy
economy decline
economy slowing
efficient cost less
eight years
eight years
eight years
emergency bill
energy independence
energy independence
energy policies
energy strategy
enormous burden
enormous deficits
enormous problems
enormous step
enormous strain
enough troops
entire russian approach
entire world
eventually taxpayers
even four years
every day
every day
every dime
every dollar
every intelligence agency
every problem
every year
every young person
exit strategy
extensive trade
extraordinary sacrifice
extra debt
fact government
failed economic policies
fair shake
families better
families percent
federal spending
final verdict
first place
first place
first question
first time
five recent secretaries
fledgling democracies
foreign oil
fortune companies
four times number
four times troops
fuel-efficient cars
fundamentally disagree
fundamental difference
fundamental difference
funding troops
general petraeus
general point
george bush
george bush
george bush
george bush wrong headed policies
georgian economy
georgian territory
giving tax breaks
global economy
golden parachutes
good deal
good decisions
good judgments
greatest country
greatest threat
great distress
growing poppy trade
health care system
health care system
health care system
health credit
helping homeowners
henry kissinger
henry kissinger
highest fatalities
history bipartisan history
history tax health benefits
home state
hundred million dollars
important rescue effort
important senator mccain
important time
individual components
instance efforts
international community
international peacekeepers
iran influence
iran mortal enemy
iran venezuela
iraq critical issues
jim jim
john mccain
john nobody
john railing
john sorry
just one last point
language yet
last eight
last eight years
last eight years
last eight years
last eight years
last seven years
last several weeks
last year
last year budget
latin america asia
lax regulation
legitimate difference
less regulation
less tax revenue
little extra money
little financial crisis
long-term security
long term priorities
long way
loose nuclear weapons
loose nukes
low-level diplomatic talks
low-level talks
lower taxes
lowest tax rates
major offensive taking place
many loopholes
many regulations
market returns
mass destruction
means yes
meantime bin
medicaid prescription drug bill
medicare subsidy make
medicare system
medicare works
meeting folks
membership action plan
middle class families
middle east
middle eastern oil
military families
military families
military force
military superiority
military wisely
million americans
missile defense
missile defense
mississippi ole miss
money unwisely
mortgage payments
much jim thanks
multi-year project
national security
national security
national security interests
nato ally
new electricity grid
next administration
next conflict
next president
next president
next president
next president
next president
next year
next years
nonproliferation agreement
northwest regions
north korea
north korea
north korea
north korea
north korea
north korea
now billion
now john
now senator mccain
now six years
nuclear capacity
nuclear iran
nuclear missile
nuclear proliferation
nuclear proliferation
nuclear proliferation
nuclear secrets potentially
nuclear warheads
nuclear waste
nuclear weapon
nuclear weapon
nuclear weapons
nuclear weapons
nuclear weapons
nuclear weapons
nurse teacher police officer frankly
off-shore drilling
oftentimes lobbyists
ohio michigan
oil companies
oil companies
oil companies
oil companies
oil company profits
one dime
one energy
one example
one point
one question
open- ended
open market
ordinary american
ordinary americans
ordinary people
original point
pakistani population
particular approach
past year
peace stability
point jim
point jim
population centers
post-traumatic stress disorder
potential targets
powerful person
power influence
president bush
president bush
president bush
president karzai
president saakashvili
pretty important priorities
previous four years
prime minister
problem john
problem short term
put al
quarter-million dollars
really important
reduced taxes
regulations consumer protections
reigning economic ideology
republican guard
republican ranking member
resurgent aggressive russia
retirement savings
right fair enough
right nobody
right person
roads bridges
rogue regime
rogue states
root cause
root problem
rural communities
russian peacekeepers
russia intentions
safe havens
safe havens
second point
senate floor
senate foreign relations committee
senate foreign relations committee dick lugar
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain
senator mccain advisers
senator mccain great credit
senator mccain just mentioned
senator mccain mentioned
senator mccain nobody
senior ambassador bill burns
senior centers
sense whatsoever
sergeant ryan david jopeck
service provided
shaky ground
sharp response
short-term problem
short term
significant investment
single lens
single thing
six-point cease-fire
solar wind
solar wind biodiesel yes nuclear energy clean-coal technology
south korea
south ossetia
space launch
special envoy
special interests
spending freeze
spending projects
stalwart ally
strategic mistake
strategic national security perspective al
strategic question
strong abroad
subprime lending mess
suddenly president
tax credit
tax cut
tax cut
tax cut
tax increase
tax plan john
tax policies
tax policies
tax revenues
tea one day
terrorist organization
third thing
time home values
time place
tom coburn
torture issue
tough decision
tough decisions
tough direct diplomacy
tough sanctions
trillion dollars worth
troop funding issue
true john
true john
two points
two three additional brigades
two years
u.s soldier
u.s troops
u.s troops
underlying issues
unified alliance
veterans affairs committee
veterans care
vice presidential selection joe biden
vile comments
wages incomes
war started
way children
wealthiest corporations individuals
well john days
well look
well senator mccain
whole process
winter coming home heating oil
without preconditions
world look
world oil
world oil supplies
worse better
years senator mccain
years time
zero centrifuges