Secretary Mattis is leading a very rigorous and detailed strategic review of the defense planning guide.
Do you believe that we should at least consider, subject to the approval of the people of Iceland, some reconstitution o...
We do not ask the private sector to defend themselves against Russian bombs or missile attacks from North Korea.
They do not want to sit at desks. They do not want to be PowerPoint warriors.
If what happened to the F-35 happens to the B-21, I am going to find you.
I urge you to set your general counsel loose on that issue.
It is a shortage of a shortage.
As I talk to people in Maine, they are surprised to learn that Seoul is about 30 miles from the North Korean border.
I would suggest that wargaming and stress-testing would be very important, particularly where you do not have direct con...
The real question is what ships do we have that are ready to fight.
This cannot be only a monetary issue.
I am totally in favor of multiyear contracts. It stabilizes the industrial base, saves the taxpayers money.
I commend you for focusing in this budget on these issues of getting a higher level of maintenance and repair.
Success is not winning. Success is learning.
Senator Rounds and I supported an amendment that got into the National Defense Act last year.
This is not a budget issue really. This is an organizational issue.
I am gravely concerned because, as you have testified, your capacity is very dependent upon commercial partners. You sai...
I would like to know what that figure is for destroyers, amphibs, submarines.
