My proposal would only affect--only impact the effective date of the availability of these funds.

Well, I hope he agreed with me, Senator.

Well, there are two differences from the IFF account under this request.

You shall use this money for those accounts.

I'm told that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) participation now is increasing.

I publicly apologized to Senator Feinstein for the actions that I recommended in limiting the monies available to deal with the ammunition dumps.

When can our troops expect their leave to be restored?

I just don't believe that we're giving enough attention to the war in Afghanistan.

I want to be sure that none of that money can be used for making wars elsewhere.

I don't think this is an unimportant question or an impossible one...

I'm growing increasingly concerned about the continuing and possibly growing insurgency in Afghanistan.

I commend you, Mr. Chairman, for the steps you've taken to impose accountability on the Defense Department and to provide the means for Congress to exercise some oversight of how this money is spent.

I think we can do more, however, without infringing on the flexibility that the Defense Department so badly wants.

But would that--would the committee have the understanding that anything that goes beyond Afghanistan and Iraq comes back to this committee?

the amendment that you and Senator Warner are proposing on this $25 billion request is a vast improvement, and I thank you, a vast improvement over the outrageous power and money grab that the President sought in his original request to…

Are these reports accurate? Is there now or will there soon be a cutback in the R&R leave for our troops in Iraq?

Where there is no vision, the people perish.

Could I impose on the chairman and the ranking member just briefly? What is the current monthly cost of operations in Afghanistan, and how much of the $25 billion in this budget request is for operations in Afghanistan?