Robert C. Byrd: “I will also ensure that the OIG pursues aggressive oversight of contracting issues.”

We need important changes in our great health benefit program. TRICARE, to ensure a superior benefit for the long-term.

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?

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

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