Do not sequester again. I have to join the chair and the ranking member to say that the sequestration was inherently deleterious to everything we were doing.

Unless modified for the years after fiscal year 2016 and beyond, I believe that they will threaten our long-term national security interests.

has the Total Force Management Support Office been stood up?

Absolutely the decision to declare IOC will be event-based and conditions-based based on us achieving what we have to do to deliver a combat capability to our marines.

Congress can help strengthen recruitment and retention of the best talent by making the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund (DAWDF) and the Expedited Hiring Authority (EHA) permanent.

As Commandant of the Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford recently said, there is an amphibious ship and connector capability gap that we must deal with if we are to revitalize amphibious forces and meet global demand.

So if we do not deal with sequestration in the way we should, which is to eliminate it, would you just then decrease the number of battalions?

General, I assume you are familiar with the advanced amphibious assault vehicles that China appears to have developed.

You mentioned, though, there are eight shipbuilding facilities, and four of them are only one contract away from going under.

How does the Navy plan to execute the cruiser modernization plan?

the important concern that I want to make sure is reflected in your assessments is that we continue our commitment to the rebalance to the Pacific.

the Department has said that it is 30 percent compliant with the fiscal year 2008 requirement to develop an inventory of service contracts

sequestration is devastating.

I share the Chair's focus on the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific.

You should get the approved requirements, that, when you don't have the JROC approval...

While Congress continues to urge the DOD to implement a common reporting application to support its annual inventory of services contracts, multiple challenges hinder these efforts.

do you need the Congress to give you more flexibility or release from constraints in order to better support PACOM and other Combatant Commands?

cybersecurity is a field that appears to be moving much faster than the acquisition processes you describe.