Robert C. Byrd: “I compliment you on being the new Secretary. You follow a line that goes back to the very beginning of the Republic.”

The President hasn't requested one dime of his $81.9 billion supplemental for the veterans' healthcare system.

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

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

Doesn't this send a signal to the Iraqi people and to the American people that the United States intends to have a large permanent presence there?