Robert C. Byrd: “Remember Lord Atkins' statement, 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.'”

We need important changes in our great health benefit program. TRICARE, to ensure a superior benefit for the long-term.

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.

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

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.