Robert C. Byrd: “I cannot understand why the administration chose to begin a major war knowing that our troops did not have enough body…”

The President hasn't requested one dime of his $81.9 billion supplemental for the veterans' healthcare system.

Our service men and women, now more than ever, are depending on your leadership to put the military medical system on a new track.

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.

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.