Robert C. Byrd: “Well, Mr. Secretary, I understand it may be a terrible way, but we are talking about the expenditure of the taxpayers'…”

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?

The President hasn't requested one dime of his $81.9 billion supplemental for the veterans' healthcare system.

I fully agree and I compliment you and our ranking member.

Does the administration have any plans for attacks against Syria, either because of the assassination in Lebanon or for its supposed hand in the Iraqi insurgency?