"A year and a half ago, I voted to give President Bush the authority to use force in Iraq. I still believe my vote was just--but the president's use of that authority was unwise in ways I never imagined... [President Bush] allowed military strategy to trump diplomatic efforts. He hyped intelligence about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs to create a sense of urgency. And he gave up on securing more international support when he abandoned the effort to pass a second Security Council resolution. As a result, we rushed to war on misguided premises. We're paying a price for that haste today."

• 1972-present - U.S. Senator (D-DE)
• Serves on the Foreign Relations Committee and the Judiciary Committee
• Adjunct Professor, Widener University School of Law, (teaches a seminar on constitutional law), 1991-present

• J.D., Syracuse University College of Law, 1968
• B.A., History & Political Science, University of Delaware, 1965
• Archmere Academy, 1961

• Senate Democratic Steering and Coordination Committee
• Co-Chairman, Senate NATO Observer Group
• Co-Chairman, Senate National Security Working Group
• Vice Chairman, NATO Parliamentary Assembly
• Co-Chairman, Congressional Fireman's Caucus
• Co-Chairman, Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus
• Member, Congressional Air Force Caucus
• Member, National Guard Caucus
• Member, Senate Auto Caucus
• Member, Senate Biotechnology Caucus
• Member, Congressional Port Security Caucus

• "The Mideast's Second Chance," The Los Angeles Times, 12/15/04
• "Fires Next Time," The New Republic, 6/28/04
• "One Last Chance to Get Help," The Washington Post, 11/9/03
• "Why We Need a Second U.N. Resolution," The Washington Post, 3/10/03
• "Leading the Mideast," New York Times, 4/16/02