Robert C. Byrd: “Are these reports accurate? Is there now or will there soon be a cutback in the R&R leave for our troops in Iraq?”

Promoting efficiency and preventing fraud in defense acquisitions will obviously be a high priority.

I cannot support this item unless there are some limitations on it, unless Congress can exercise its power over the purse, as the Constitution provides.

Doesn't this send a signal to the Iraqi people and to the American people that the United States intends to have a large permanent presence there?

We need important changes in our great health benefit program. TRICARE, to ensure a superior benefit for the long-term.