Robert C. Byrd: “Mr. President, the picture of those crippled Afghan children should be the picture remembered longest by Americans and…”

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?

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.

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

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