We need to be careful, that the message that we are sending is anything but that which would become a combat multiplier.

A number of us just returned from the Ukraine, and so I have got a question about what is going on in eastern Europe.

I would point out that Russia, because of the falling price of oil, has implemented its own version of sequestration.

My sense on this is it would be lunacy from the perspective of America's national security to be decreasing even one combat soldier.

General Holmes, will the Air Force experience the same maintenance manning shortfall challenges as you are experiencing with the F-35 bed down?

I mean, the information just comes from any intelligence sensor. Whether it is a Joe out on the beach or whether it is a satellite in the sky, I mean, it is ultimately a database and then you have ways to manipulate and understand and…

I apologize. I do not know if this is better directed towards General Williamson or the G-3s. Can we get an update on where these operational needs statements responses stand?

Instead of strengthening our military and ensuring our men and women in uniform have the comprehensive training and world-class equipment they need, sustained defense budget cuts, in combination with mindless sequestration, are damaging…

As you have heard today, I would say all of the members of this subcommittee, as the full committee, are intent on increasing our defense budgets.

In the post-Cold War era, as the information technology revolution has taken over, we have to rethink the wisdom of trying to create these systems in the Federal Government rather than using commercially available, off-the-shelf systems.

Secretary LaPlante, are any of your mature munitions programs likely candidates for multi-year procurement contracts to help reduce unit costs?

While we are talking about solutions that are good enough or better than nothing, let us shift for a moment to the macro budget picture.

Over the past 5 years, the current version of DCGS has struggled to provide its promised capabilities.

But it is being used by the Marine Corps and Special Operations Forces. What capabilities does this commercially available alternative lack that the Marine Corps does not need that the Army needs?

We have the smallest and oldest Air Force since our inception in 1947.

So I have to say then that if today is 2015, 2021--you said that those other fighters and the bomber are adequate to replace, but adequate in my opinion is not necessarily enough when it comes to supporting the troops on the ground that…

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