Robert C. Byrd: “Why has it taken nearly 2 years of fighting in Iraq before the Pentagon asked for armor for all of these supply…”

The President hasn't requested one dime of his $81.9 billion supplemental for the veterans' healthcare system.

My top priority will be to learn what challenges the DOD IG office needs to address and to ensure the adequacy of resources required to accomplish its mission.

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.

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