Robert C. Byrd: “At what point exactly did our mission in Iraq expand so dramatically that our conversation has shifted to bringing…”

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.

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

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

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?