Martin Dempsey: “I would not recommend we put United States forces in harm's way... simply to stiffen the spine of local forces.”

Simply stated, sequestration will result in a dramatic change to how we protect our Nation and how we promote our national security interests.

Intelligence is hard, thankless work. Fortunately, we have dedicated, patriotic, and courageous men and women on the job. Thanks.

Our Government's policy has been they will not get a nuclear weapon, and nothing we are talking about here today should change that policy.

Funding lower than President's budget 2016 and lacking the flexibility to make the internal reforms that we believe we need to make will put us in a position where we will have to change our national security strategy.