Kent Conrad: “I think all of us know the financial systems and internal controls at DOD need improvement.”

I urge you to vote for the confirmation of Dave Turk. I urge you to do it quickly.

I do, and I made that argument to the commission, and others on the commission made some of the points that you are making now.

We did a whole series of things in our Social Security reform not to discourage people from working, but to encourage them to continue working if they are able to do so.

We admire that, and I can say on both sides of the aisle, people recognize the job he did as Budget Committee Chairman.