For the record, I'd like to have you address that, as well as, in Afghanistan I know our Oklahoma 45th, we've lost now 10 people already, and one I've been very, very close to is Specialist Chris Horton.

I remain concerned that we are not adequately screening our soldiers prior to deployment and when they return.

Such endeavors include a recent effort to classify the Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) as a prohibited weapon under the terms of the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM)...

General Dempsey, what types of equipment solutions are being developed, procured, and fielded to help prevent, measure, and identify TBI?

General Dempsey, what can we do to speed up the process of the vetting better ways of diagnosing and treating TBI?

I think they're just too busy to get into this thing and get their hands dirty and fix it.

In 2009, General Thompson said the Army has to modernize those 16,000 fighting vehicles for the future or we are going to put soldiers in harm's way.

China's military has benefited from robust investment in modern hardware and technology. Many modern systems have reached maturity and others will become operational in the next few years.

The National Guard has been absolutely fantastic over the last decade in stepping up to support operations overseas.

I fully support accession to the Law of the Sea Treaty.

Partnership remains a critical part of our campaign plan and future professionalization of the force.

The effects of a potential failure to achieve our core objective in Afghanistan, to ensure that Afghanistan is never again a sanctuary for al Qaeda, could be significant.

Although 2014 is an aggressive timeline for the ANSF to take the security lead, it is achievable.

Reintegration is a logical outcome in any counterinsurgency campaign.

The capability of the ANSF is one of the decisive points of the ISAF campaign.

Senator Inhofe. Mr. Panetta, will you commit to share with Congress, no later than 30 days after your confirmation: Missile defense and threat information provided to Russia, including in the NATO context;

We are on a path to continue acquiring the best systems and enough of those systems to meet the current requirements.

In many ways, the primary threat to the effectiveness and credibility of the American deterrent is one that we control ourselves, and that is failing to invest adequately in our Nation's nuclear weapon infrastructure, a point I have made a…