Robert C. Byrd: “We talked about this a year ago. I think we talked about it 2 years ago.”

Doesn't this send a signal to the Iraqi people and to the American people that the United States intends to have a large permanent presence there?

Why has it taken nearly 2 years of fighting in Iraq before the Pentagon asked for armor for all of these supply vehicles?

Does the administration have any plans for attacks against Syria, either because of the assassination in Lebanon or for its supposed hand in the Iraqi insurgency?

I cannot support this item unless there are some limitations on it, unless Congress can exercise its power over the purse, as the Constitution provides.