Robert C. Byrd: “Two years ago The Washington Post detailed the inhumane treatment of livestock in our Nation's slaughterhouses.”

I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.

Promoting efficiency and preventing fraud in defense acquisitions will obviously be a high priority.

My top priority will be to learn what challenges the DOD IG office needs to address and to ensure the adequacy of resources required to accomplish its mission.

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