Deborah Lee James: “The era in which the United States could project military power without challenge has ended.”

We made assumptions that we wouldn't be using Army forces in Europe the way we used to, we made assumptions that we wouldn't go back into Iraq--and here we are back in Iraq, here we are worried about Russia again.

If you are reduced to one single way, that is the equivalent of putting all your eggs in one basket.

If we return to sequestration in fiscal year 2018, this will exacerbate the readiness problem and set us even farther back.

We believe we need more. And that is why we are urging the approval of these higher levels.