25 percent of those that have been released from Guantanamo have gotten back in the fight against us.
I commit to work with me and Congress to support and learn from best practices for this important program.
I wanted to echo on the question that Senator Brown had asked you about the Guard and Reserve and the role of the Guard ...
I would hope that you would look at this as a very important security issue.
I would ask you to look carefully at, because it is one that demonstrates again why we need a detention facility that en...
People are very concerned. The 19 Senators that signed that letter, we're concerned that releasing him back to the Iraqi...
If we fail to have the political courage in Congress to make the difficult decisions... do you think this will make us l...
Over the long-term, history shows that a nation's economic strength is the foundation of its national security.
The Nation cannot have a strong defense without a strong economy; therefore I view the deficit crisis and corresponding ...
As part of our ongoing Comprehensive Defense Review, we are assessing how defense cuts of $400 billion would impact the ...
Absolutely. When we say disastrous, that's exactly the disaster we mean.
I hope you'll support, to cut off funding as soon as possible when our money goes into enemy hands.
I will be making recommendations to him based on your best assessment of what should be done on all major areas in DOD.
I do not believe that we should subjugate our national security for our failure to have political courage here in Washin...
Will you make that assurance to this committee?
If confirmed, do you commit to working to address this modernization backlog at this and other important shipyards?
America wants a normal, productive relationship with Iraq going forward--a partnership like we have with other nations a...
I believe the Department needs to strategically prioritize its battle force mix consistent with ensuring it is a ready a...