This should not be that hard, because we've been through this before with the metadata on the question a few years ago of being able to intercept traffic in order to identify the terrorist wherever the terrorist was.

will you ensure strategic dispersal is again added as an objective in the 2014 QDR?

dispersing our capital ships is in our best national security interest and specifically, dispersing the east coast carrier fleet is a national security priority.

Senator Nelson. General Dempsey, due to the sequester, Navy ship deployments to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) have been cancelled.

If we are faced with having to go in and secure the chemical weapons in Syria, it has been bandied about that that would take 75,000 troops.

President Karzai has said that we are in cahoots with the Taliban. Why would he say such a thing?

Now, what about the F-22s? They were at Kadena going to be sent back to the United States and that was a plan that was in process until all of this bellicosity started by the Korean young leader.

Finally, Admiral, you have a lot of terrorist activity going on in your AOR and you've had some stunning successes over the years--catching the Bali bomber, the success that we've had in the southern Philippines, Zamboanga.

For the American people to understand our capability with this bellicose nature of this new young leader in North Korea, can you state for the record here that between the United States' ground-to-air, sea-to-air capability of knocking…

General Fraser, the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) is the Department of Defense (DOD) lead for in-transit visibility (ITV) throughout the supply chain.

It seems that on the one hand, we have Assad, and on the other hand, we have a group that's fighting Assad that increasingly--al Nasra, which is in bed with al Qaeda--is trying to take over.

How critical is JSTARS? Specifically, could you perform the wide area surveillance mission without it?

I think I can manage that with the resources we have. But we are beginning to create a readiness problem if we don't resolve the CR and/or have an opportunity to manage the sequestration money.

Admiral, you want to characterize for the committee any effects of sequestration on your ability to deploy SOF troops anywhere where there might be a flare-up?

I think what you are hearing here is this is coming to the fore because a lot of people are beginning to speak out.

Given the vital nature of its mission, will the 601st AOC receive adequate funding under the sequester to provide for the proper air defense of North America?

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 directed the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to optimize the use of strategic ports.

General Alexander knows everything about everything.