It appears that we all agree with the need for a significant stimulus and soon.

Thank you very much, Director. Let me first tell you how much we appreciate the work that you did back in, I guess, 2008, on the original IRIS process, which as GAO found lent itself to interference, perhaps even capture, and was not…

In early 2008, Chairman Reed very appropriately wrote the accounting standard setters citing concerns about the accounting standards for off balance sheet debt.

A nation eager for change in Iraq heard the President speak about his plans for the future. But, once again, the president failed to provide either a plan to successfully end the war or a convincing rationale to continue it.

He has needed help for 2 or 3 years and it has not arrived.

These are magnificent young men and women that are doing the job of soldiering in the United States Army, but they can only take so much.

Can you give me an idea of the ongoing tempo for reset funding going forward?

I agree with Senator Sessions. The Department of Defense, military officers, enlisted men and women, have been carrying the burden here without adequate support.

Admiral Roughead, as you are aware, the LCS program has had difficulties regarding cost overruns and changing capability requirements. What is your plan and timeline for determining requirements and total cost?

One of the persistent problems is the inability of non-DOD elements to complement the increased forces, military forces, with civilian actors.

I think we have to begin to think about the end of the surge.

There has been no real political progress on the ground.

One of the issues I think that's been unintentionally prompted by the surge is I am told that the requirements for reset have had to be deferred.

We are presenting this strategy as a new forward with a new plan, and a key element as you indicate that you are not quite sure we have those forces in place or can generate those forces.

It's not what we're doing, it's what the American people are doing. They have listened for 3 years, and they have formed very strong conclusions.

The question is, where are these translators coming from?

We never get what we need on the nonkinetic side of the equation.

That is likely to accelerate or decelerate, regardless of what we do?