So if he's dressed up, that's fine, but this also has other environmental manipulation.
Would you describe this as a good interrogation technique or a violation of the Geneva Conventions?
I would suggest, Mr. Secretary, that you're not doing your job then.
One of the key aspects of an operational test is that you control the tests, not the contractors.
Thank you, gentlemen, for your service to the Nation, which begins and ends with the profound appreciation of the service and sacrifice of t...
General Schoomaker was here a few weeks ago and said that at the current burn rate of spending on Iraq and Afghanistan he would be out of fu...
I think it is a deceptive way to finance the operations of the military and I think it also has practical ramifications.
It appears to me that we lost 10,000 soldiers, real boots on the ground, at a time we had stop-loss orders in effect.
If you could provide me a more specific written response----
The most remarkable thing about this budget is what it leaves out, not what it includes.
If this supplemental is delayed past September 30, say the end of November, or even delayed until the following year, which is customary now...
Then why do you not propose a budget that reflects accurately all the costs that you anticipate over the next year for Afghanistan and Iraq?
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
All these costs do not seem to be properly included within the budget going forward.
Mr. Secretary, we both understand that supplementals are used to cover unanticipated costs that arise after the budget documents are present...
I do not believe I insisted on that; did I?
I just want your view, Mr. Secretary.
Do you think that is the right approach, Mr. Secretary?
