Robert C. Byrd: “How can we go to those who have lost their homes, their jobs, and maybe their businesses, and say that we are going to…”

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.

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