Thank you, gentlemen, for your service to the Nation, which begins and ends with the profound appreciation of the servic...
General Schoomaker was here a few weeks ago and said that at the current burn rate of spending on Iraq and Afghanistan h...
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, wh...
Then why do you not propose a budget that reflects accurately all the costs that you anticipate over the next year for A...
All these costs do not seem to be properly included within the budget going forward.
I just want your view, Mr. Secretary.
Do you think that is the right approach, Mr. Secretary?
I do not think I am the only one who is alarmed at the significant costs associated with Afghanistan and Iraq that are n...
Mr. Secretary, we both understand that supplementals are used to cover unanticipated costs that arise after the budget d...
I do not believe I insisted on that; did I?
You have the obligation to come before us with a detailed estimate of the cost and what you propose to do in the way of ...
So it's good news. But in context, we've got such a long way to go to rebuild employment, that we're not over the hump y...
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for scheduling this hearing, and I want to thank Mr. Brickell.
There is another issue here and that is, even with all these innovations, the question is what happens if the individual...
