A nickel and dime approach to defense, as you say, is not the right one. We need a longer horizon than that.
National security is bigger than our Department and today's world because of the complexity of the threats.
It does appear that the Russian--clearly Russian-backed separatists in Eastern Ukraine are preparing for another round o...
I ask Congress to support the entirety of this budget and end the deep, indiscriminate cuts that sequestration will impo...
The only way we're going to get out of the wilderness of sequestration is if we work together.
we are still the world's greatest fighting force.
I think that the amount of money we have requested and the manner in which we have requested it meets the national secur...
Letting that happen would be unwise and unsafe for our national defense, over both the short and long term.
We need our partners in the Middle East to step up and do more.
more needs to be done and it is essential that we amend the BCA caps so that we can achieve the defense funding levels n...
I therefore appeal to members of Congress, from both parties, to start looking for ways to find a truly bipartisan compr...
You cannot do defense or national security with a 1 year-at-a-time approach.
you need to tell people that they cannot look at the difficulties we have... and conclude that America is eclipsed or lo...
I pledge my personal support to this effort as well as the support of the entire staff of the Department of Defense.
We have a magnificent force in terms of the quality of the people we have, but that is because we are able to be selecti...
Much like in December 2013, our only choice is to come together to find a real solution that reflects our strength and s...
I am honored to be able to appear before you and to appear on behalf of Dr. Shulkin.
Today we convene the third in a series of hearings examining the growing problem of prescription drugs and heroin addict...
