We have to develop a strategy. This is a serious, serious issue.
An unnecessary risk in my view.
So we have announced cuts without the commensurate strategy to go along with it? Not comforting.
Congress has not done its job, but certainly DOD has not done its job.
We discussed the likelihood of deep cuts in future defense budgets and the uncertainty about how these cuts will affect defense personnel, e...
President Calderon continues to act with great courage in this fight and he has achieved significant successes with the capture or killing o...
I am deadly serious about the fact that the costs of both of these programs are simply unsustainable.
Without a comprehensive strategy review, a fundamental look at what we are asking our forces to do, without a change in activity, we won't b...
Do you agree with General Chilton's assessment? If so, do you believe that the global threat environment has changed in any way since Genera...
For that investment in time and money, we have to show one partially completed ship and no additional combat capability.
I welcome Admiral Greenert and General Jacoby and their families and I congratulate them on their nominations.
We need to focus our attention and act with a real sense of urgency.
We must assure the security and freedom of the seas in all the domains, so that the economies of the world can flourish.
General Dempsey, how much do you think we will need to spend in Iraq and Afghanistan to sustain our operations there after 2012?
If confirmed, what will you do as Chairman to ensure that Congress and the American people are not asked to pay huge cost overruns on defens...
We should take all legal means possible to disrupt the recruitment of extremists into the al Shabaab network.
General Dempsey expressed his appreciation for the role of sea power in our national defense strategy and the Navy's enduring role in protec...
I have never viewed an aircraft carrier as a method to employ a defensive strategy.
