With a $6.6 billion or 8.3 percent funding increase for the Department, the budget request before us today is generous.

How the Department spends these funds is the real issue at hand, not the dollar amount.

I'm sure you'll spend a bunch of money on it.

Very good. We look forward to working with you on this in the future.

What we'd like to do is help you identify the things that are doing very, very well and maybe some programs that aren't doing as well and push in that direction.

I want to thank all of you for being here today. We do appreciate all of your hard work.

I think Secretary Wilkie's reasoning is valid, and he seems to be doing the due diligence.

What message does overwhelming Democratic opposition to your nomination send?

Thank you, Senator Boozman, for consistently listening to and helping rural Arkansas.

The budget request before us today is generous.

We've got some uncertainty right now in the Department, and we've got some uncertainty in leadership.

What message would we be sending if we didn't confirm you to the CIA to the men and women of the CIA?

These programs were, to the best of your understanding, approved by the Commander in Chief, legally approved by the Attorney General, and supported by the Director of the CIA?

Do you believe, acting under the legal approval of the Attorney General, that you or any other CIA officer should have gone to jail?

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The President values Rudy Giuliani as a member of his legal staff.

I think gone are the days where they're really going to speculate a whole lot on these legal troubles facing the president.

I gave you the best information they had.