I appreciate their efforts. As Eric said, we have learned a lot from the audit of their Statement of Budgetary Resources.
I do not think we wish to imply that no progress has been made, obviously, there are some pockets of encouraging progress and that is welcom...
We will get there. It is just--it is difficult.
I think the U.S. Marine Corps was the first military service to assert audit readiness of a financial statement since the Department first a...
When I was a kid growing up, my father used to say to my sister and me... Just use some common sense.
It is a real frustration, just getting something done.
We must use correctly. You do not want to use it incorrectly. Used correctly it is a powerful tool.
We are going to have hearings. We are not going to have them every day or every week or every month on this subject, but we will have them a...
Let me just interrupt. My question of you was, what more--if you were sitting on this side of the dais, what more would you be doing than wh...
And you know what one of their slogans is in Missouri, the 'Show Me State.'
I want us to focus more on the need to stop doing that.
I am going to be around for at least a couple more years, maybe even beyond that.
A lot of the money we are spending is money that we go around the world borrowing.
It is really this notion that we are spending all this money we do not have.
As a recovering Governor, I understand the unique challenges that come with running a major institution like the Department of Defense.
I also understand the importance of ensuring that our Federal dollars are well spent, especially during a time of record budget deficits.
The programs to upgrade our military financial system so that we can track our dollars and ensure we spend money effectively are themselves ...
Thank you, Mr. Hale. You are right, we have been promised things before on this front and not often seen those promises fulfilled.
