Robert C. Byrd: “The size of the insurgency in Iraq has been consistently underestimated, in terms of the size and the force.”

I cannot support this item unless there are some limitations on it, unless Congress can exercise its power over the purse, as the Constitution provides.

The Department is firmly committed to working closely and openly with Congress in order to protect the health of our servicemembers.

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

We need important changes in our great health benefit program. TRICARE, to ensure a superior benefit for the long-term.