Robert C. Byrd: “Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.”

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 thank you for holding these hearings on the 9/11 Commission's recommendations for intelligence reform.

the doctrine of preemption says that one man, the President, shall have power to declare war.

Could I impose on the chairman and the ranking member just briefly? What is the current monthly cost of operations in Afghanistan, and how much of the $25 billion in this budget request is for operations in Afghanistan?