I find it troubling that the military is losing many of its talented people to private contractors.
I think you know my position on contracting. It's not real favorable.
That's what I think we as Americans are upset about, the money we're putting into an infrastructure which they are incapable of maintaining.
I'm saying all the other things, whether it be schools or whether it be the water supplies and things of that sort, when I was there that we...
Isn't it time... that we look at the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and decide that we need to have something other than the arbitr...
By Congress not giving you the flexibility, we're basically just shooting ourself in the foot, if--literally.
This is not, in my view, a time when we can afford to be shortchanging the Department of Defense, or our men and women in uniform.
I worry that they are using negotiations to delay and I hope the administration will make sure that they are not able to use those negotiati...
I've had many West Virginians ask me if we should go back to the draft.
Secretary Donley, please provide the approximate number of contractors the Air Force presently has in its inventory.
If we have to respond to Korea, I can't give them 2 years notice and slowly build up readiness. I need both.
This budget largely ignores the caps that are in place under current law.
I find that to be a reasonable target.
the sequester and its caps are the law of the land.
The Active component/Reserve component is at appropriate levels.
Can you tell me about the Victims' Transitional Compensation Benefit Program?
Has this figure gone up or down since last year?
I am concerned that if we continue to target our civilian workforce for cuts, young people may no longer see public service as a viable care...
