recognizing that the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund provides the Government of Pakistan with critical goods that are manufacture...
We must ensure the actions we take will give future generations the flexibility and resources they need.
Maintaining this leadership in the future will require that DOD identify and communicate what it needs to counter future military threats.
How does a potential Taiwan F-16 Letter of Request for Letter of Acceptance affect U.S. Air Force plans?
The United States faces a number of national security challenges today and our forces--our resources--are stretched thin.
The current export control regime is antiquated and reduces U.S. industries' global competitiveness.
While that has a cost associated with it, I think it is the risk of not doing it which you can't really put a finger on.
Therefore we have to have a regimen established so that we can secure those facilities.
As you know, however, enhancing security of the chemical sector is a major interest of mine.
Your decision to grant collective bargaining rights to the transportation security officers at TSA is the right thing.
My top concern continues to be affording TSOs the same benefits and personnel standards as other employees in the Federal pay system.
I absolutely join my colleagues in thanking you for the outreach that you have done since you have been administrator on keeping us informed...
I have written you and continue to believe collective bargaining can improve workforce morale and productivity.
For the sake of the record, give us some of those varieties.
Combating the terrorist threat depends on accurate intelligence and an unbiased assessment.
We must not become distracted from our basic mission to keep this Nation safe and maintain the security of the people.
I want to encourage my colleagues to remember that our words travel far beyond these four walls.
We can secure an airplane. We can secure the border. We can secure a Federal building.
