I have deep concerns about Iran's destabilizing activities and recognize the many shared interests between the United St...
The Department is doing all that it can given the complex nature of suicide and society's limited base of knowledge in t...
I share the views of the leadership of the Army and the entire Department that this is a top priority.
I am deeply concerned about the significant rise in military suicides and am firmly committed to ensuring that the Depar...
I share the concern of our senior military leaders that the morale of the force will be affected in ways that are unpred...
I have never said that I support sequestration. I do not nor have I ever supported sequestration.
I believe the Department has developed a strategy that meets the challenges of the current and future security environme...
If confirmed, I will continue to work with OMB and Congress to seek the resources necessary to provide the military capa...
The ability to avoid sequestration and to pass a full-year appropriations bill for DOD is within the power of Congress.
I believe that DHS plays a vital role in securing unclassified Federal civilian government networks and working with own...
Today, the United States must be able to project naval power globally, with a strategic emphasis on rebalancing to the A...
I am committed to ensuring that survivability shall be addressed on all new surface ship, combat systems and equipment d...
I believe in a strong, healthy industrial base, and I am concerned that changes in the defense market may impact that ba...
If confirmed, I will certainly continue to stress to Congress the importance of receiving an enacted fiscal year 2013 De...
I support the administration's approach of cautious and calibrated engagement with the Burmese military through bilatera...
However, sequestration's effects would be disastrous for the Department and would necessitate a review of the new defens...
If confirmed, I am committed to seeing that programs that focus on resiliency and leadership education continue and are ...
The impact of sequestration combined with a year-long Continuing Resolution will present the Department with very seriou...