Robert C. Byrd: “I believe strongly in the Constitution and in the power of the purse as being vested here.”

So as I understand your response, you do not think that the intelligence community would have come to any different conclusion about Iraq's nonexistent weapons of mass destruction if the 9/11 Commission's recommendation for intelligence…

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

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?

Promoting efficiency and preventing fraud in defense acquisitions will obviously be a high priority.