Robert C. Byrd: “The Secretary of Defense would receive a new authority to spend $150 million for 'indigenous forces assisting U.S.…”

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

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.

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

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?