Robert C. Byrd: “This is not something new, and the very distinguished Secretary knows that, because I added $1.25 million to the fiscal…”

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?

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

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

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.