But, the hearing showed, his straight pay is just one-third of the $1 million total annual spending on the president's office.

The latest hearing on the case showed how even a small matter could drag on.

The hearing that ended today showed how much the confirmation process has changed over the years.

In fact, the hearings showed that the air transportation system is far from the officials' goal.

It's also, I think, important to point out what these hearings did not show.

But the hearings today showed just how divided the Government's house is.

Congressional hearings held earlier this year showed that elected officials and others could question network practices at no cost to themselves.

The 9/11 hearings are showing how the intelligence community and the administration failed to put the pieces together in the summer of 2001.

Our hearings so far have shown that this is not always true.

"But the hearing will show that at every turn, the Administration did the right thing and took the broadest approach to investigating what happened."