The JSF program from the beginning was envisioned to be an international program.
Their participation is important to the fiscal viability of the program.
I think holding back those aircraft was really important and I am glad that the international partners agreed.
There is a lot on the line.
So the main purpose for this program is in terms of fuel consumption. Is that right?
We will keep hopefully not totally motivated by paranoia, but we will keep an eye on this and ask you to continue to rep...
Yes. That is the point I appreciate you are making and why there is such pressure, as you well know, Admiral Venlet, on ...
I just cannot say how important this JSF program is.
that's a challenge that has to be addressed, in my view and, I think, perhaps others, perhaps yours as well.
the casualties are still too high.
It seems so logical to me.
It remains a threat. So that the continued existence of these safe havens for our enemy forces in Pakistan obviously mak...
a military in a democracy can be winning a war on the battlefield and lose it on the political battlefield at home.
the United States is not going to make the same mistake that we made in 1989.
You mentioned the counterproductive role played in different ways by two of the neighbors, Pakistan and Iran, noting tha...
though the Afghan security forces will be taking the lead in combat in Afghanistan, that doesn't necessarily mean that w...
Can you conceive of any way we could convince the Pakistanis to take more aggressive action to close down those safe hav...
the political decisionmakers are going to be guided by what's happening on the battlefield.
