Robert C. Byrd: “When the safety of our Nation is in the balance, there is no Democrat, no Republican; no North, no South. We stand…”

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

The Department is firmly committed to working closely and openly with Congress in order to protect the health of our servicemembers.

I will also ensure that the OIG pursues aggressive oversight of contracting issues.

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