Corrosion costs the DOD about $20 billion per year; however, only very limited resources are spent on corrosion mitigation efforts.

I understand why they did it at the time. But in today's environment, I have to and must rely on this commercial industry to get things done.

What additional steps should the U.S. take in order to continue to develop missile defense technologies with our allies?

We have relationships... with over 200 academic institutions.

The State Partnership Program delivers quality, long lasting relationships and capability with partner nations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank both of our witnesses for your service.

We all know that Russia interfered with our elections.

To ensure our military can dominate in all phases of conflict, we need to think bigger and go faster.

I believe we must continue to communicate our concerns to China and call on it to exert its influence and stop Pyongyang's unprecedented campaign of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile tests.

do you think that we as a country are relying too heavily on the Special Ops forces to handle too many missions?

Relationships with allies in the Asia Pacific are important to our overall national security in that region.

I do not like to disagree with my good friend Harry Harris.

The military-to-military relationship between the United States and Mexico is extremely strong and absolutely at an all-time high.

What advice and recommendations would you give to President Trump when attempting to develop an Asia-Pacific Strategy?

We need to do that for everybody to come together.

I do not believe China is doing all it can do to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

I am a strong advocate of taking a look at each headquarters operations, the personnel mix, the evolving threats and challenges that face us.

Cyber is a high-demand/low-density capability, just like ISR, just like SOF, just like ballistic missile defense.