this is a process that works. And it is a process that sets us, the United States, apart from so many other judiciaries around the world.

General Dunford, in its recent report to Congress, the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction cited an abuse of the system from an unidentified contractor who billed for 'multiple classes at one site that could have been…

Our agreement with the White House is that the President will select from among the three that the two of us send to him.

General Dunford, can you provide recommendations for addressing these concerns in future contracts?

Regardless of U.S. presence in 2015, the ALP is critical to the professionalization of the ANSF.

With the strategic partnership between the United States and Afghanistan reinforced with a BSA, I am confident the bulk of our residual force would return home by the end of 2016.

The ALP is fundamental to the professionalization of the ANSF.

we try to make it work even better by taking the politics out of the selection.

I think it is imperative that we reauthorize it again this year, since it expires at the end of December this year.

It is completely reasonable to suggest, as Ranking Member Eshoo would also agree, that these outdated laws be updated over time.

It looks like the President is keeping that old campaign promise--to bankrupt coal.

Your expertise is invaluable in helping this committee understand the practical and sometimes negative and damaging effects of EPA rulemaking.

This isn't about climate change. It's about expanding federal power and it sets a dangerous precedent.

These rules are simply a thinly veiled attempt to prevent new coal power and eventually take down natural gas.

I have repeatedly said that I am for an 'all of the above' approach to energy production as we transition to clean energy technologies.

The Administration's rhetoric is disingenuous at best.

It always makes me nervous when a technology like this is here in Congress because it means we are paying attention to you, and let us face it, when the bureaucracy pays attention to a technology, we often try to regulate it or screw it up.

The President has made it clear that, in the absence of Congressional action, his Administration is going to take the lead in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.