Robert C. Byrd: “I never heard of such a plan until the day before yesterday.”

the doctrine of preemption says that one man, the President, shall have power to declare war.

Will these funds be sufficient to address the complaints that we have heard, and that you heard also, Mr. Secretary, when you were visiting there, that our troops are scrounging for armor in trash dumps?

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?

I thank you for holding these hearings on the 9/11 Commission's recommendations for intelligence reform.