And that raises the equity issue, it seems to me, because if there are a lot of people who are getting their transportation paid for by the government, who would have paid for that mass transit from their own pay, where you have other…

Can you check with the IRS and ask them what they know about this deduction?

Extrapolate that. If that were true for all of the agencies here and for all of the employees here.

I think that was at seven agencies. I misspoke.

That seems to me to be one of the real problems with this program, it is hard to identify what percentage of employees were moved or attracted or given an incentive to leave either a single occupant vehicle or a multiple occupant vehicle…

That has not yet been done?

This Transit Benefit Program exists in the private sector, as well; correct?

Yes. As Secretary Gates has said, it is a continuing effort to get our NATO allies to increase their contributions to coalition efforts in Afghanistan.

Who will have operational and tactical control of the nine Iraqi brigades themselves?

Reports do not constitute pressure by themselves.

The question is how do we succeed so you can come home.

I am very doubtful as one Senator that it is likely they are going to carry out the other commitments that they have made.

General, will U.S. forces have unfettered access and complete freedom of action in all neighborhoods, without Iraqi political interference?

The course that we have been on is a course towards failure.

I have been a critic going in, I have been a critic of the way this thing has been run, but, folks, you have the support of every Member of Congress.

Can we have a functioning democracy in Iraq without political leaders in Iraq making the compromises that they need to make?

So the question that I think they would ask you: Is it worth it to now send 21,000 more troops? Is it possible to succeed?

The question is how best do we do that.