thanks to general petraeus. the truest test of a commander is whether he is worthy of the sacrifice made by those he leads, whether the young men and women who we call upon day in and day out to risk their lives for us feel that their commander offers the same degree of devotion as they do. we are fortunate that general petraeus is such a commander. it s congress highest priority to be just as worthy as the sacrifices made by the men and women of our armed forces and to provide them with everything they need to succeed in their mission of defending our nation. so let me take this opportunity to say again that we urgently need to pass a full year appropriations bill on defense for the remainder of fiscal year 2011 as the secretary of defense has repeatedly called for. it is irresponsible to continue funding our fellow americans fighting two wars through piece meal continuing resolutions that do not meet their full needs. perhaps the greatest need of all right now is winning t
been a nuclear plant built in the united states in 30 years. wall street does not want to ensure them insure them. they think it is risky. look at what is going on in japan right now for some of the questions. i think we would get a lot further a lot faster by moving away from our hopeless addiction to petroleum, that we deal with alternative energy sources like wind, solar, geothermal, of which are american sources where there are a lot of jobs to be created. and it is not going to be something that puts us at risk. we will continue to develop our petroleum, but the notion that we train it dry and charge royalties that are lower than almost anyone else in the world, and most of the states are giving this oil away i think we need every set on that. the petroleum that will be precious. be off to conserve it. we ought to deal with conservative alternatives and be more effective with the infrastructure which means we re not so heavily depended. it is insane to burn a gallo
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