Robert C. Byrd: “The administration has consistently used the specter of that tragedy to build momentum for its preemptive war in Iraq.”

the same situation that obtained prior to the entry of the war with Iraq might, in some respects, lend itself to a repeat in the case of Syria and/or Iran.

Well, I have to tell you, Mr. Secretary, this seems to me to be an abuse, a serious abuse, of supplemental appropriations requests.

I cannot understand why the administration chose to begin a major war knowing that our troops did not have enough body and vehicle armor.

Why does the administration believe that the Appropriations Committee, or Congress, should have no say in how this $200 million foreign aid program should be spent?