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I will also ensure that the OIG pursues aggressive oversight of contracting issues.

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?

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.