It is extraordinary that we would call up a unit and they are gone 17 months or in some cases close to 18 months from fa...
Will we look back and say we would have better used that $10 plus billion in another area?
Well, I would expect everyone on this committee would feel that we don't want to withhold $1 that is necessary for the s...
I have received a letter that was sent around on this program from 49 generals and admirals who call for postponing miss...
They say the Pentagon has waived the operational testing requirements essential to determine whether the highly complex ...
It seems to me that one of the major goals with respect to our security here in this country is the apprehension of Osam...
So money for the costs of the prosecution of the war in Iraq, and also activities in Afghanistan, would have come from t...
I would prefer that we try to recognize we're ramping up to a different level and it's going to be continuing for some w...
Are we rushing to deploy a system that has not been adequately tested?
I think that's a critically important weapons program for us to maintain air superiority long into the future.
I think you have indicated in your testimony we need to be judicious about how often we deploy them and how long we depl...
They make the case that this money, the billions of dollars, should be spent on other defensive systems, which are more ...
I think there is a threat of nuclear weapons against this country.
I share some of the same concerns expressed by my colleague from California.
I hope that those men and women who serve under you understand the gratitude of this committee and that this country is ...
I'm not altogether sure, having watched the Pentagon plan in the long term, that we know what's going to happen 5 and 10...
The marines recently engaged in a contract to buy sets of what is called LAST ceramic armor for HMMWV's in Iraq.
I appreciate the work that the Secretary does, and General Jumper's, and the men and women of the Air Force.
