Robert C. Byrd: “I believe it was September 14, 2001, resolution might be used by the administration as a premise to attack Syria and/or…”

I cannot see how under the doctrine of preemptive strike that any President can make this decision by himself.

The Department is firmly committed to working closely and openly with Congress in order to protect the health of our servicemembers.

I fully agree and I compliment you and our ranking member.

The size of the insurgency in Iraq has been consistently underestimated, in terms of the size and the force.