I certainly understand that employees within DOD have a standard of conduct. But I also understand, we can't do our job in oversight, if they are all stifled.

I'm a little cynical because I saw the kind of lack of oversight that occurred in Iraq.

I would like to get a commitment from you today that this would be one of your highest priorities, as we strive to tell the taxpayers of this country that we get it, that they have been fleeced, in many instances, and our military has been shortchanged as a result of some of the procurement fraud that has gone on during the Iraq conflict.

$16 million here, $100 million here, $300 million there, pretty soon you've got billions and billions of dollars that we could be saving.

You know, 16 million here, 100 million here, 300 million there. Pretty soon you've got billions and billions of dollars that we could be saving.

I do not want to make this all about anybody who takes up one of these contracts is a bad guy. That is not the case.

I bet you if I had people who worked for Blackwater, just boots-on-the-ground for Blackwater, who are seen interchangeably as American soldiers in the roles they are doing, that they would admit that there is not the chain of command and accountability in terms of the rules that they have in the military.

Having just come back from Afghanistan, I can certainly assume there are a lot of reasons you would not want to continue to work in Afghanistan.

That's going to settle down. And, you know, women in America and all -- frankly, all voters are going to kick the tires for the next month-and-a-half, and they're going to figure out that these policies that she embraces are very extreme.

I think he was demonstrating that he wasn't just about the bright lights, he wasn't just about the amazing oratorical skills. He was about the day-to-day, grind it out, do the work and earn the respect of your peers.

AGNA's inability to permanently correct personnel staffing shortages has negatively impacted the security posture of the local guard program for the U.S. mission to Kabul.