Robert C. Byrd: “The administration has the advantage, the political advantage, of saying, well, this is our budget for this year.”

Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.

The Department is firmly committed to working closely and openly with Congress in order to protect the health of our servicemembers.

I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.

My top priority will be to learn what challenges the DOD IG office needs to address and to ensure the adequacy of resources required to accomplish its mission.