The most remarkable thing about this budget is what it leaves out, not what it includes.
If this supplemental is delayed past September 30, say the end of November, or even delayed until the following year, which is customary now...
General Schoomaker was here a few weeks ago and said that at the current burn rate of spending on Iraq and Afghanistan he would be out of fu...
All these costs do not seem to be properly included within the budget going forward.
Mr. Secretary, do you think crouching naked for 45 minutes is humane?
It sounds to me like a violation of the Geneva Convention.
If you could provide me a more specific written response----
It appears to me that we lost 10,000 soldiers, real boots on the ground, at a time we had stop-loss orders in effect.
What I've heard from you is dissembling and avoidance of answers, and lack of knowledge, pleading legal process.
Then why do you not propose a budget that reflects accurately all the costs that you anticipate over the next year for Afghanistan and Iraq?
I would suggest, Mr. Secretary, that you're not doing your job then.