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 orphans of our servicemembers.

Full funding of BRAC 2005 is imperative because the Services must build infrastructure to support the mandated force movements.

the Navy should have two carrier-capable homeports on each coast.

the principle of strategic dispersal is decades old.

In 2007, I sent letters regarding sexual assault to the Secretaries of Defense and State and the Attorney General.

What do you think is the growing influence of China in South America?

I do not see, from my study, that there is a military threat from that influence.

I personally think that President Rene Preval is really trying. What faces him is...so much corruption.

If you are confirmed to be the Under Secretary for Policy, will you ensure that the Missile Defense Agency and the ballistic missile defense programs of the Department are subject to thorough policy oversight?

I wrote to Secretary of Defense Gates, requesting that he launch an investigation by the Defense Department's Inspector General.

I would ask you, as the new Secretary of the Navy, if you would go and speak to your superiors...

Neither the Navy nor the Nation nor its citizens can wait for a catastrophic event to occur before recognizing the potential impacts of such an event.

untold numbers of sexual assaults have been committed in Iraq and Afghanistan by executive branch contractors and employees.

What weight would you share with the committee that you would give to the professional military judgments of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the CNO, Admirals Mullen and Roughead?

I would ask, in addition, I already requested that the chart be entered as well as the two photographs in the record...

The most significant strategic advantage offered by the development of an additional east coast nuclear-powered aircraft carrier homeport is a hedge against a catastrophic event.

The President, Secretary Clinton, Secretary Gates, and National Security Advisor General Jim Jones have all commented positively about the prospects of the United States and Russia working on a common missile defense.

above surface and permanent structures are incompatible with military training