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 right intelligence and homeland security agencies?
Byrd seeks to understand the reasons behind intelligence failures.
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to start--in an appropriations supplemental, a multiyear appropriations request, strikes me to be very, very strange.
No, we're not talking about a lot of things; we're talking about this particular request for modularity.
Well, I have to tell you, Mr. Secretary, this seems to me to be an abuse, a serious abuse, of supplemental appropriations requests.
I will also ensure that the OIG pursues aggressive oversight of contracting issues.