Robert C. Byrd: “The Bush administration's single-minded focus on Iraq has ignored, in large respect, the terrorist threat that produced…”

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.

Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.

I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.

In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.