Robert C. Byrd: “I compliment you on being the new Secretary. You follow a line that goes back to the very beginning of the Republic.”

I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.

No, we're not talking about a lot of things; we're talking about this particular request for modularity.

In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.

I'm growing increasingly concerned about the continuing and possibly growing insurgency in Afghanistan.