You would agree there's been a dramatic consolidation of major defense contractors.
This is unacceptable to me.
I appreciate your support for the legislation that Chairman Levin introduced.
The United States and our European allies have a shared interest in countering transnational terrorism.
The carrier force structure, along with the entire battleforce, is being considered in the QDR.
The Navy has no current plans to retire an aircraft carrier upon delivery of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).
The Navy remains committed to a force structure of 11 carriers and 10 air wings for the next several decades.
The more we understand technology risk early and manage that risk, the less likely that such risk will present themselve...
We cannot do everything, or function equally well across the spectrum of conflict. Ultimately, we must make choices.
Efforts in Afghanistan would benefit from greater contributions from our European allies.
What steps in your view need to be taken to eliminate the threat posed by Taliban and extremist militants hiding out acr...
We must continue to stress to our allies the U.S. commitment to Afghanistan and the shared responsibility NATO has to se...
I support General McKiernan's request for additional U.S. troops in Afghanistan to improve security and serve as trainer...
I support a substantial increase in mentors and trainers as they are critical to the ANA's development and accelerated e...
I expect hard choices will have to be made in this QDR and the support of Congress will be necessary to be successful.
The contributions of our NATO allies are imperative to success in Afghanistan.
After a 30-year procurement history, costs and design are (or should be) stable and enough is (or should be) known, abou...
The current estimate for the costs to relocate the marines from Okinawa to Guam is at least $10 billion.
