I think that weakening sanctions against Russia is like saying that we support their invasion and occupation of Crimea, of Eastern Ukraine, of their actions in Syria, of their destabilizing Eastern Europe, of their attack on our election…

The marines who did this have betrayed their fellow marines, and these women marines stood up and said they would put their lives on the line for this country and give them up, if necessary.

They are basically challenging you, General. They are thinking that they can get away with this.

How can women marines feel that the Corps has their back?

These marines who have done this have disgraced themselves, but they also let down the Corps and all of those other marines who fought for our country to help create the Corps.

We cannot fight our way out of it. What we have to do is to try to give them hope and dignity and purpose I guess.

I appreciate the commitment you made to improving the mental health and resiliency of our servicemembers and families.

A flexible mix of sea and land-based capabilities offers important deterrent and warfighting attributes.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

This is a nationwide problem that is eating us alive.

In addition to the political conversations that we will need to continue to move forward to bring this conflict to an end, on the humanitarian end, what more might be done by USAID, by State, or by our multilateral institutions to create…

We have been promised a follow-on mission once the A-10--if and when it leaves.

I think it is a clear misunderstanding of who we are as well.

What does success look like a year from now, in your view?

I think your idea of complete transparency, here is what we are doing, here is what we are working on, here is how we plan to do it and to try to cooperate as much as we can with other countries, but to tell them this is the plan and this…

Russia has destabilized borders in both these countries, and I am concerned about the impact that has had on the ability to smuggle nuclear material.

I am very confident in our ship captains and in our crews for them to deal with the situation.

This is a whole-of-government effort.