Until we hold those commanders responsible, I have a feeling we're going to be, it's going to be all foam and no beer in...
I think you are going to see this around the country, unfortunately, General.
Senator McCaskill, your points are very well taken, and I have a major awareness that I will need a lot of help.
Senator McCaskill. Thank you all for your service. I appreciate it very much.
DOD has been on the high-risk list for GAO since 1990.
It's clear that the military is taking this very seriously.
I think it's close to 20,000 people, from best I can tell. That's a lot of people--20,000 people.
I have looked into how many Antideficiency Act (ADA) violations have actually been punished in DOD.
There's this sense that, the commanders have their military mission, which I'm very respectful of.
It's really hard to figure out who to blame when something goes terribly wrong and taxpayer money is wasted at unprecede...
At what point in time does it get to your level, and you say, 'Wait a minute, something is not right here'?
I think there's a whole lot of circle-the-wagons that go on.
We're cutting off our nose to spite our face.
I just, until someone at the highest levels of the military embraces the idea that we are now fighting this war with pri...
I'm concerned, first of all, I think, at first blush, it potentially is an Antideficiency Act (ADA) violation.
I think we have to really do a much better job of getting a handle on all that.
What can happen on the ground with these security contractors, in terms of undermining our relationship with the Iraqi p...
It worries me that this is not further up, and I have a man from Missouri who was kidnapped as part of a convoy attack l...