Politics Or Ideology Must Not

I’m A United States Senator. I’m Not An Israeli Senator.

If We Have To Continue To Live Under Sequestration, It Will Have A Maximum Impact On Our Ability To Fulfill The President's Strategic Guidance. We Can't Do It All. It's As Simple As That, With The Limitations Of The Budget As Severe As They Are. These Deep, Abrupt Cuts Have Forced Us To Make Decisions That Are Not In The Interest Of America.

If America Is To Succeed In Responding To These 21st Century Challenges, Our Political System Cannot Continue To Bog Down In The Mire Of Partisan Gamesmanship.

The Bush Administration Must Understand That Each American Has A Right To Question Our Policies In Iraq And Elsewhere, And Should Not Be Demonized Or Condemned For Disagreeing With Them. Suggesting That To Challenge And Criticize Policy Is Undermining And Hurting Our Troops Is Not Democratic, Nor What This Country Has Stood For Over 200 Years.

Institutions Are Imperfect. Governments Surely Are. People Are.