the Bush administration has added nearly $8 trillion to the national debt versus where the budget was planned to go.

I appreciate it. I have gone over my time, which I was doing happily and willingly because I was at the end of the line here.

Not likely to happen now.

Every 2 years it can.

It appears that we all agree with the need for a significant stimulus and soon.

Thank you very much, Director. Let me first tell you how much we appreciate the work that you did back in, I guess, 2008, on the original IRIS process, which as GAO found lent itself to interference, perhaps even capture, and was not…

In early 2008, Chairman Reed very appropriately wrote the accounting standard setters citing concerns about the accounting standards for off balance sheet debt.

A nation eager for change in Iraq heard the President speak about his plans for the future. But, once again, the president failed to provide either a plan to successfully end the war or a convincing rationale to continue it.

I think if the President was really serious he should replace Mr. Hadley, appoint you as a civilian, not as an Army officer.

One of the persistent problems is the inability of non-DOD elements to complement the increased forces, military forces, with civilian actors.

I think we have to begin to think about the end of the surge.

There has been no real political progress on the ground.

One of the issues I think that's been unintentionally prompted by the surge is I am told that the requirements for reset have had to be deferred.

Can you give me an idea of the ongoing tempo for reset funding going forward?

These are magnificent young men and women that are doing the job of soldiering in the United States Army, but they can only take so much.

Do you see any progress on that front? If there is not progress on that front, how do we address the needs of reconstruction?

I have seen reports, news reports, that were broadcast by al Zawahiri, that basically suggested that, they see us as being trapped in Iraq.

One of my concerns is that there are military occupation specialties which are less stressful in some cases than being an infantry squad leader or an armored platoon leader, cavalry squad leader, et cetera.