The administration is in the midst of a massive rotation of forces in Iraq.

But how can you justify spending tens of billions of dollars on these computerized accounting systems when you do not even know how to fix what is wrong with those systems that we are pouring money into?

The American people are entitled to know before the election, not after the election, what at least the estimated costs of these continuing wars are to the American people in dollars as well as in lives, as well as with regard to the…

But does the administration include costs for this mission in its budget? The answer is no, right?

It is the sense of the Senate that... any request for funds for a fiscal year for an ongoing overseas military operation... should be included in the annual budget.

the American people would have some idea of what they are going to be asked to pay and over what period.

General Myers, earlier you stated that there is no way that we can militarily win or lose in Iraq.

this is a gimmick that this administration is using, I must say, and the American people are being kept in the dark.

The American people are entitled to know what these estimates are, and that is what we are asking.

The White House plays hide and seek with the costs of the war, hiding them from the American public until after the November election.

The Department of Defense has adopted an all or nothing approach, sending Congress an ultimatum: Either give the Pentagon a blank check for $10 billion...

the Bush Administration's distortion and sabotage of science.