Robert C. Byrd: “We have not yet come to realize that our economic strength is our national security and that trade is a major pillar of…”

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?

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

I cannot support this item unless there are some limitations on it, unless Congress can exercise its power over the purse, as the Constitution provides.

The President hasn't requested one dime of his $81.9 billion supplemental for the veterans' healthcare system.