Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. I want to thank you first for your leadership.
The intention, as stated in the proposal and as our chairwoman just rightly stated, is to create jobs.
What do you think is the growing influence of China in South America?
If you are confirmed to be the Under Secretary for Policy, will you ensure that the Missile Defense Agency and the ballistic missile defense...
In 2007, I sent letters regarding sexual assault to the Secretaries of Defense and State and the Attorney General.
the principle of strategic dispersal is decades old.
I would ask you, as the new Secretary of the Navy, if you would go and speak to your superiors...
the Navy should have two carrier-capable homeports on each coast.
Full funding of BRAC 2005 is imperative because the Services must build infrastructure to support the mandated force movements.
I would like to work with DOD to devise a plan to eliminate the offset over time; it is the least we can do for the widows, widowers, and or...
I wrote to Secretary of Defense Gates, requesting that he launch an investigation by the Defense Department's Inspector General.
untold numbers of sexual assaults have been committed in Iraq and Afghanistan by executive branch contractors and employees.
Neither the Navy nor the Nation nor its citizens can wait for a catastrophic event to occur before recognizing the potential impacts of such...
What weight would you share with the committee that you would give to the professional military judgments of the Chairman of the Joint Chief...
I do believe, however, that we will need to ensure that we strike the proper balance between our Nation's energy and national security goals...
If confirmed, I intend to conduct a review of the Air Force's existing agreements with the housing privatization developers.
I believe that maintaining and enhancing installation infrastructure to carry out the Air Force mission in the most efficient and cost-effec...
I think we're going to have to perfect this role, wherever we are projecting United States force in the future.