Robert C. Byrd: “I am not sent here by the Panamanian citizens. I am sent here by American citizens in West Virginia. They live and they…”

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.

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.