I'm concerned, first of all, I think, at first blush, it potentially is an Antideficiency Act (ADA) violation.

It was an election, and that election confirmed the strong foundation we have in this country for the democratic process.

I'm a little concerned that I would know more about it than you would, honestly, since we have more contractors on the ground than we have military.

It worries me that this is not further up, and I have a man from Missouri who was kidnapped as part of a convoy attack last November.

I would certainly appreciate your take on how we begin to engrain in our military training for commanders, the responsibility of contractor oversight.

I think you are going to see this around the country, unfortunately, General.

DOD has been on the high-risk list for GAO since 1990.

Senator McCaskill, your points are very well taken, and I have a major awareness that I will need a lot of help.

We're cutting off our nose to spite our face.

There's this sense that, the commanders have their military mission, which I'm very respectful of.

I think there's a whole lot of circle-the-wagons that go on.

I am not sure we are the right people to advise the Iraqis on how to spend their money.

I think it's close to 20,000 people, from best I can tell. That's a lot of people--20,000 people.

It's clear that the military is taking this very seriously.

Is there a plan for what happens if this doesn't work, if the Iraqi brigades don't show up, if the police personnel don't stand up, if this is not successful--is there a plan, going forward?

At what point in time does it get to your level, and you say, 'Wait a minute, something is not right here'?

I think we have to really do a much better job of getting a handle on all that.

Until we hold those commanders responsible, I have a feeling we're going to be, it's going to be all foam and no beer in terms of what we're really accomplishing.

I'm aware of that, and I'm encouraged by it.

The great state of Missouri has spoken!

The great state of Missouri has spoken.

We can do better, and we've had enough. I have -- if I read one more time about the vaunted GOP turnout machine, I may get nauseous.

McCaskill is trying to tie Talent to Bush.

And we have invested a lot of time in -- in rural Missouri. You know, Democrats in the state for too long have thought that, well, don't go to the country, because you get on defense, and there's no point, and we can do enough in the…