Holt said he wrote a letter to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice earlier this month encouraging the administration to begin pulling out of Iraq immediately following the approval of the new Iraqi constitution. In the letter, he recognized the importance of training soldiers for a new Iraqi military but felt that the U.S. presence would "slow down, not hasten" the transfer of power to Iraqi security forces.
Although Holt is a member of the Senate's National Security Committee, his background in the physical sciences prompted discussion about science and math education, which he classified as "national security" concerns.
Holt also spoke about the ongoing evolution debate.
"People say it is not a fact, but neither is the theory of gravitation," Holt said. "Yet no one in this room is levitating."
He dismissed the new theory of intelligent design, which states that a higher power may be responsible for the creation of the universe, as a euphemism for creationism and said it does not belong in the science classroom.
Holt, a physicist by training, said, "It is not science."
Although Holt is a member of the Senate's National Security Committee, his background in the physical sciences prompted discussion about science and math education, which he classified as "national security" concerns.
Holt also spoke about the ongoing evolution debate.
"People say it is not a fact, but neither is the theory of gravitation," Holt said. "Yet no one in this room is levitating."
He dismissed the new theory of intelligent design, which states that a higher power may be responsible for the creation of the universe, as a euphemism for creationism and said it does not belong in the science classroom.
Holt, a physicist by training, said, "It is not science."
