Robert C. Byrd: “I want to protest, on behalf of my fellow Senators on this side and on behalf of myself, any markup of this bill as…”

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?

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

Our service men and women, now more than ever, are depending on your leadership to put the military medical system on a new track.

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