When it comes to North Korea there -- I think could you also look at Otto Warmbier who was detained during a previous administration, as was one of the current detainees.

The President over the last several months lost confidence in Director Comey.

Certainly James Comey was fired for lying, leaking and politicize the FBI.

We here at the White House tried never to be concerned with anything dealing with Adam Schiff.

Absolutely, which is why we immediately corrected it. But, again, I think the biggest mistake is the fact that the United States ever entered into the Iran deal in the first place.

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We do have a commitment to the Secretary of Defense to deliver military construction projects on time and under target.

Well, thank you all so much for being here and I think we had a really good hearing.

We appreciate your leadership on the Arctic and the Homeland Security Subcommittee.

What are some of the things that--better forecasting? How do we prevent overruns and things like that?

As you're aware, Congress and OMB have opposing views on incremental funding for MILCON projects.

Continuing with some oversight there, I think, would be very beneficial for us so we have to come in and explain ourselves, I think, ultimately is good for the American people and making sure we're spending dollars prudently.

One thing I'd like for us to talk a little bit about and I think is so, so important, you know, we struck this bipartisan agreement, budget agreement, additional $165 billion for Defense, really not a whole lot in MILCON.

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I believe maintaining support for this office is crucial and I'm glad that you view their work in collaboration with local communities as important and essential as I do.

We're evaluating these concerns, and we expect the EPA administrator to answer for them, and we'll keep you posted.