Netherlands originally committed to buying 80 airplanes. Now they are committed to only buying 37.

Accordingly, the Army's budget request for investment accounts, procurement, research, development, test, and evaluation is $20.1 billion or 17 percent of the Army's total budget.

Could you quantify how much one cancellation costs us?

I'm relieved to know they were correct, although they're disturbing. Now what are we going to have to do without if that doesn't change, sir?

There's a debate in this town about what our presence looks like after the end of this year.

Congratulations on your first hearing as chair of this distinguished subcommittee.

Italy is committed to buying airplanes, but they reduced their buy from 130 to 90 2 years ago.

The Army's fiscal year 2015 budget request for $120.5 billion represents the fifth straight year the Army has budgeted for an amount that was lower than the previous year.

If we've learned anything about assumptions regarding national security and ground forces, it's usually that they are wrong.

It's not desirable to go to 450,000 by 2017, but we can do it; is that your testimony?

We went into Afghanistan after the terrorist attacks of September 11, and I would remind my fellow citizens and my colleagues, we went in virtually unanimously.

There seems to be a feeling out there among the American people that somewhere along the line we made a tragic mistake and that this somehow has become a disaster.

I appreciate the fact that you're not here speaking for the Department of the Army in that respect.

I think I will take another round because I have to go.

It just seems to me that we have an opportunity to leave this place stable, a place that will not be a haven for terrorists, and to walk away with some degree of success.

Thank you for holding the hearing and I thank the witnesses for their attendance today.

I think we have an opportunity to turn this into a defeat if we make that decision collectively as a body politic.

Canada has yet to decide if they are going to buy an F-35.