But once you figured out it was, why did you not go back to the drawing board and do what you had done in the previous i...
OK. I have additional questions that I will ask in the next round, but I will now turn it over to Senator Portman.
Did no one have any idea that was going to be the case before it began?
Thank you both very much.
There was no training. There was not sufficient effort made on sustainability.
Well, it is sad to me that we are just now talking about that lesson learned because that lesson was learned many times ...
We have never before--honestly, sir, this is really historic in some ways, because what we have done here for the first ...
Does the Defense Department have a certification process for sustainability before we spend any American money in Afghan...
the President has asked for $17 billion in fiscal year for reconstruction projects and infrastructure projects in Afghan...
Do you think we should have built this road, Mr. Walker?
That is good.
Right. You cannot prove what you can prevent.
So you would typically have 24 first tier subs and 147 second tier subs on projects that you would work?
I am trying to figure out how much money we are spending and who is in charge.
I think the grade is not a good grade in terms of the amount of money we have spent and what we have for it in the long ...
Congressional oversight is fundamental to who we are and to our system of government.
More American energy is the fastest path to more American jobs.
I look forward to hearing Mr. Bryson's observations about what we do to trade.
