Unfortunately, we haven't seen a single thing done by the United States Air Force to correct this kind of situation, which evolved in a most scandalous fashion.

I think we have a responsibility, frankly, representing the Senate here, as just a committee of the Senate, in insisting on these documents.

I want to give them sufficient funding. I think they're going to need more money.

However, that money should have been part of the budget before us, not left to a supplemental and therefore not part of the projected budget deficit.

I am certainly glad to hear of the increase of 30,000 members in the United States Army.

Does it bother you when the Secretary of the Air Force calls in the Boeing lobbyist--these are according to the e-mails that we got from Boeing and why we need your e-mails, Mr. Secretary--and says, "You have to put pressure on Mike Wynne."

His conclusion is a devastating refutation of the Bush administration's case for war in Iraq and seriously undermines our credibility in the world.

Secretary Rumsfeld, every independent expert has called for increasing Army end strength. The demands of the global war on terror have stretched our military thin. Will the administration continue to oppose legislative efforts by Congress…

Secretary Rumsfeld, supplemental bills are submitted by the administration for emergency spending requests. Why is future end strength considered an emergency spending request? These are the same accounting gimmicks we accused the previous…

Secretary Rumsfeld, I would like you to discuss the implementation of the 18-18-18 plan that Senator Bayh and I included in the Fiscal Year 2003 National Defense Authorization Act.

I applaud your leadership in reassessing our force structure in Europe and around the globe.