It is my feeling that, inasmuch as we're launching down a long road here which entails reconstruction efforts, which the American people were not told about, and which entails the establishment of a democracy in Iraq, and the democratization of the whole Middle East, we need other than administration witnesses.
Senator Byrd emphasizes the need for diverse witnesses regarding Iraq's reconstruction and democratization.
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The President hasn't requested one dime of his $81.9 billion supplemental for the veterans' healthcare system.
to start--in an appropriations supplemental, a multiyear appropriations request, strikes me to be very, very strange.
We need important changes in our great health benefit program. TRICARE, to ensure a superior benefit for the long-term.
In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.