It appears that the Bureau lacks the strategic planning and with little capacity to prepare for future security needs.
One of the things that always bothered me about Iraq was the lack of planning documented in several books.
We are probably going to have to have folks there for a longer period than what the President presented.
next to our national security, the issue of the debt is the second most important thing we need to deal with right now
I need to know how much money you do need.
I know that Secretary Clinton has indicated that she wants to move forward and improve the management.
Can we do a better job of preparing those individuals that we are asking to do this job?
So the fact is, it is cheaper.
I was told that they were building it way out and it would take the ambassador 35 or 40 minutes to come down to meetings...
We assumed, based on what was told to us, that they had figured this out, and the fact is, they didn't.
Who is in charge of that?
I think the thing that bothers me the most, and I think, Senator Akaka, you did a good job of laying it out, is that it ...
So the point is that there needs to be a lot more coordination, to start off with, that you would have these secure comp...
I think there was some curtailment of language training or waivers put into place to get people out.
Now, is that ordinarily somebody, if I got a hold of Richard Holbrooke and said, do you have something written down that...
It seems to me that if you are going to do the Afghanistan and you are going to have your military out there, that one o...
Let me just ask you one other thing.
I want to thank you very much for having this hearing. I don't have any other questions. But this has been a great heari...
