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

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

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.

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.