Robert C. Byrd: “I hope that we will not be in such a rush.”

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

Yet, there appears to be a growing drum beat of opinion that Congress has no choice but to undertake a complete overhaul of intelligence in the few weeks remaining in the session.

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

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