A big piece of the NDIS (National Defense Industrial Strategy) partnering and our allies. AUKUS Pillar 2 is particularly intriguing to me.

I am also concerned about Force protection for our Forces who are in FOBs, in Eastern Syria or in Somalia.

I look forward to staying in touch and I will echo what you heard from several other Senators about the urgency of deploying the counter UAS platforms at speed that are effective and affordable.

That is a high priority for me and for my home State.

I am as concerned about Forces in Somalia and Northeastern Kenya, as I am about Forces in Iraq and Syria.

I'm concerned we're not learning the lessons of the war in Ukraine.

Please continue to support it robustly. And I will continue to advocate for that.

We have widespread, I think, bipartisan grave concern about whether our defense system overall is appropriately aligned with the requirements of the war fighter.

I co-led a letter with Senator Barrasso to continue, frankly, to complete what has been, I think, an important acquisition process that helps support national security and ensure interoperability.

I regret that the significant investment that we made there will not likely redound to our benefit.

I think more than 400 today.

After the World Central Kitchen airstrike, you had said conditions may need to be put on U.S. aid to Israel.

I have three committee hearings at the same time, really grave concerns about Force protection and the countering the drone threat.

I am very concerned about the threat to our Forces, posed by low, slow--exactly, the low technology drones that Iran is providing to Russia at scale.

I would urge you to engage in providing even modest resources to Coastal West Africa.

I enacted the Global Fragility Act (GFA) 4 years ago with 26 bipartisan cosponsors in order to prevent violence and promote stability.

we're going to move heaven and earth to rebuild this bridge as rapidly as humanly possible.

A senior official telling me that this was akin to them saying, don't think about coming after us.