Robert C. Byrd: “In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.”

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

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

The size of the insurgency in Iraq has been consistently underestimated, in terms of the size and the force.

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