I want to follow up on the line of questioning that some of our members have already raised with you.

Do not try to do too much with your own hands.

General, the American people are not divided in support of our troops.

I have great confidence in you personally and I hope that you succeed.

Clearly, Congress must take action to increase and strengthen the nation's supply of flu vaccine.

I want to commend you for holding this hearing to examine the current flu vaccine shortage

I joined Senator Jack Reed in sending a letter to Secretary Tommy Thompson urging that he do all that he can administratively to optimize the utilization of the existing vaccine.

I want to commend you for holding this hearing to examine the current flu vaccine shortage.

I joined Senator Jack Reed in sending a letter to Secretary Tommy Thompson urging that he do all that he can administratively to optimize the utilization of the existing vaccine

Clearly, Congress must take action to increase and strengthen the nation's supply of flu vaccine.

We needed real reform within the intelligence community to function as a community.

We need a Director of National Intelligence to provide the coordination and the information sharing.

I want to applaud you for your longstanding leadership in spearheading this initiative for major reform.

I very much appreciate the commitment you have shown in your budget to fully fund the construction of three DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

Why were we so ill-prepared? Why didn't we have more body armor and more fortified HMMWVs available to protect our troops?

One of the most important things for any soldier to know is when are they coming home.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Secretary Brownlee, like many of my colleagues, I have heard repeated concerns expressed by the families of our guard members and reservists who are serving in Iraq about the shortages of body armor and fortified…

I remain, however, very concerned about the Department's future shipbuilding plan, particularly as it affects the transition from the DDG to the experimental destroyer (DD(X)).