U.S. energy resilience is a vital component to our national security.

We also cannot forget about Russia. The Kremlin now claims a new class of hypersonic glide vehicle under development that will allow Russia strategic missiles to penetrate our missile defense systems.

I think it is there. We just have to find it.

Our ability to defeat advanced ballistic missiles, associated countermeasures, cruise missiles and hypersonic glide vehicles requires continued Congressional support of PB investments in sensors (space & ground), improved kill vehicles…

the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility at Joint Base Pearl Harbor is a key component of the DOD's operations in the Pacific

the procurement process has been studied, enhanced, and improved over many decades

It is time for Congress to visit the issue of signing on to UNCLOS, and we should sign on.

I am not sure if we have gotten to a point that we believe that something that we can do as a nation would strengthen our ability to protect ourselves from this new threat.

Yes, I strongly believe a unified, whole-of-government approach to securing our nation's cyberspace is greatly needed.

Can you discuss these energy resilience priorities in terms of both operational fuel and delivery of electricity to your military installations?

over the next year, do you expect the personnel commitment to AFRICOM to grow?

I'm confident Air Force Space Command, National Reconnaissance Office, and Air Force Material Command understand the site's value and will conclude a fair and equitable MOU.

a huge percentage of that shipyard is historically preserved.

It appears to me that it will be more important than ever to protect the speed, flexibility, and agility of our Pacific forces.

the challenge involves adversary air capability.

The U.S. does not have enough deployed forces to contain the various VEO networks across the continent.

There is probably a lot more that we will be doing in the future along the lines of the direction we are going right now.

Everything we do in EUCOM, we look at it as an interagency activity, generally with State in the lead.