Robert C. Byrd: “Would you supply for the record how much we are paying other countries, and what countries and how much to each, to…”

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

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?

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

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