Robert C. Byrd: “No, you did not. With all respect, I do not want to appear to be discourteous but I listened carefully.”

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

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

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

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?