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President Bush today announced seven members of an independent commission that will look into U.S. intelligence capabilities. Bush made the announcement at the White House with the two co-chairs of the commission – former Virginia Sen. Chuck Robb and Judge Lawrence Silberman – flanking him. The commission will especially study prewar U.S. intelligence about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, and compare that to what the Iraq Survey Group has found. "We're also determined to make sure that American intelligence is as accurate as possible for every challenge in the future," he said. Bush said that former Iraq Survey Group chief...

Chairman Hunter: We had a good double session with the Secretary. The Senate borrowed our quarters today, and Senator Warner ran a full hearing with the Secretary and General Pace. We had similarly a good hearing. We unveiled the, and answered many questions about the defense budget. We think it is a good balance between the exigencies of the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and of course the long-term requirements of U.S. military. The Secretary did double duty today good double-header, and we would be happy to take a couple of questions Q: Mr. Secretary I wanted to ask you...