Robert C. Byrd: “We have been giving our country away. The time has come for us to think first of our own industries and our own workers.”

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

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.

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

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