Robert C. Byrd: “I also want to thank my colleague, Senator Stevens, the chairman of the full committee, for his contribution today.”

My top priority will be to learn what challenges the DOD IG office needs to address and to ensure the adequacy of resources required to accomplish its mission.

No, we're not talking about a lot of things; we're talking about this particular request for modularity.

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

So there's--there will not be a cutback in the R&R leave for our troops in Iraq?