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I don't know if this is a precipice from which there is any return for the party of Pelosi and Reid. These are turncoats in the truest form of the word. These are people who are secretly – and, now, not so secretly – praying for, hoping for and acting in the best interests of victory for Osama bin Laden and his cohorts who would chop off their heads just as fast as they would chop off yours and mine. Imagine political power meaning so much to you that you would sell out your own country – perhaps even the...

Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I rise today to talk about why I voted against Dr. Gates and lay out in detail the concerns I have about the security posture of the United States today and how I do not believe that Dr. Gates is the appropriate choice to confront them. While I think he certainly has a lot of positive qualities, and in normal times I would certainly defer to the President's judgment on this, we are not in normal times. I believe we need a Secretary--and I think we need leaders in this country, particularly the Secretary--who has insight...

''Yesterday, December 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.'' – Franklin D. Roosevelt, addressing Congress the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. A noteworthy 65th anniversaryThis Thursday commemorates the 65th anniversary of that surprise attack by the 1st Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy and its midget submarines. This week also culminates a multiple-day celebration, ''A Nation Remembers'' on the very Hawaiian turf that ushered our nation into World War II....