Mr. Arny and Mr. Calcara, does DOD foresee the possibility of restrictive conditions on the use of facilities in Kuwait and other neighboring countries?

The redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq, a process DOD refers to as 'reposturing,' will be a massive and expensive effort.

Mr. Calcara, should the Army be directed by Congress to carry out barracks privatization initiatives for junior enlisted personnel?

Ms. Ferguson, will this criteria be publicly released?

Not to expand, to function, has been sort of the annual Mecca to the Hill, number 1 thing that the Park Service needed.

Only one of us though, can walk away with the prize and that's the Great Smokies.

I want to tell you how anxious I am to work with you in your new capacity.

The question isn't should they get a $10,000 bonus, the real question is should I get my thousand bucks back because they lost so much.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a question that one of my colleagues asked the previous panel that I thought was an interesting one.

The American taxpayers are sick and tired of being shareholders. Let's get them out of that.

The last time I looked at the plan it was the billion dollars plus plan.

is determined by new times, new technologies, new demographic realities, and new commitments to today's veterans.

I appreciate that and I appreciate your diligence at making sure that communities get what, in fact, they deserve.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I would like to know how many were over budget.

Any concern by you or any of your colleagues here today whether the $800 million threshold can be met?

So, is the lesson to Congress that if we are looking at divvying out stimulus money that is more immediate from a standpoint of its need, we probably should not do maintenance projects?

If this issue is left unaddressed, the viability of MSBs will be compromised, potentially pushing many of their transactions underground.