Robert C. Byrd: “Instead of spending billions on the war in Iraq, we could have used the money to shore up the Social Security and…”

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

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?

the same situation that obtained prior to the entry of the war with Iraq might, in some respects, lend itself to a repeat in the case of Syria and/or Iran.

Doesn't this send a signal to the Iraqi people and to the American people that the United States intends to have a large permanent presence there?