Robert C. Byrd: “Congress has a role here. I do not expect to just be the tail on any President's kite, Republican or Democrat.”

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

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

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?

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