Robert C. Byrd: “Is that increased effort requiring any corresponding increase in the average monthly cost of operations in Afghanistan?”

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?

In your view, Dr. Kissinger, why did our intelligence agencies fail so tragically? Was it because of how our agencies were supposed to work with each other on an organizational chart, or was it because enough money was not getting to the…

I just don't believe that we're giving enough attention to the war in Afghanistan.

I do not believe that we can overstate the importance or the difficulty of the challenge before the Congress.