Robert C. Byrd: “I thank you for holding these hearings on the 9/11 Commission's recommendations for intelligence reform.”

In closing, may I say that the President's request includes $658 million for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.

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

I will also ensure that the OIG pursues aggressive oversight of contracting issues.

Our service men and women, now more than ever, are depending on your leadership to put the military medical system on a new track.