Secretary Rumsfeld, you are pursuing a temporary increase in manpower levels for the Army which will need to be phased out in a short time and could well reside in the Reserves. Does it not make sense to employ the Call to Service Act's…

But, bottom line, that is my political statement.

the ``U.S. is preparing to cut its troop levels in Europe by up to a third.''

Does it bother you when there are e-mails that have already been disclosed that say things, for example from Boeing, "Boeing doing good stuff, Rudy and Andy met with Bill Schneider, Bill Schneider very supportive, will work issue in OSD"?

But, as I think you may know, Mr. Secretary, we won't quit, and there's lots more to come.

We will continue to try to save the taxpayers $5 billion or $6 billion, which would have happened if we hadn't had the right kind of intervention.

You have to put pressure on Mr. Wynne in order to get this deal expedited.

Well, of course, e-mails that we receive from Boeing clearly indicated that you intended to lease as many as 300 tanker aircraft----

this Senator strongly supports the President's budget, at the level of $401.7 billion for defense.

Admiral Clark, how is the Navy progressing in selecting a hull design for the DD(X) and what are some of the dilemmas that you are facing?

Secretary Rumsfeld, as you likely know, the DOT&E, Mr. Christie, has publicly expressed serious concern about the lack of operational test data for his office to evaluate.

Secretary Rumsfeld, under the fiscal year 2005 DOD budget, top-line funding for missile defense is going up to $9.2 billion, an increase of $1.5 billion over the previous year.

Secretary Rumsfeld, what is the role of the 18-18-18 plan playing in each of the Services?

I believe that 40 percent of the force in Iraq will be Guard and Reserve in the immediate future.

The White House agenda is clear--to blame the failure, the administration's case for war, on the Intelligence Community rather than the administration's manipulations and misrepresentations on the available intelligence.

These are facts, Mr. Secretary. These are facts on paper, of e-mails that were sent within the DOD and by Boeing.

We will see. I hope I am wrong. That is not what I am hearing from the people that actually are being deployed and are returning, including in my own State.

I am concerned that this will set the Iraqi security forces up for failures, as there is a real question as to whether they are ready to take on and defeat the insurgents.