Given the intense terrain in Afghanistan that our troops are patrolling and the high weight carried in body armor and other equipment, are you examining new, lighter-weight body armor systems being offered by industry today?

Lieutenant General Lennox, are there any body armor programs in development that allow for scalability or modularity?

The slow progress and continued missed dates, even those dates directed by the Army's leadership, concern me

Thank you very much, and thank you, Senator Thune.

Do you anticipate budgeting for the next generation of body armor in the next budget?

What progress has the Army made toward replacing M9 with a more powerful and modern sidearm?

the Army has briefed Congress on a dual-path strategy of upgrading and enhancing the M4 carbine while also completing a new requirement for the eventual replacement of the M4.

When can Congress expect this report?

last year's National Defense Authorization Act required the Services to include budget lines for body armor in procurement and for RDT&E.

Were you ever concerned that heavy emphasis on sales with no oversight risk management was problematic?

How important was the relationship with Freddie Mac in the bank's decision to Option ARMs?

I think it is going to be beneficial as we go through the process of all of these hearings in looking at what happened, and why it happened.

Because of reckless Federal policies, too many families found themselves locked into mortgages they did not understand.

When Nancy Gonseth came forward with some pretty credible material. Prior to that, it had been largely rumor.

Would it have been as advantageous as the relationship with Freddie Mac?

Many banks try to isolate the risk managers from sales pressures. But at WaMu, the first performance goal for the Home Loans Risk Manager... is growth.

Florida, as well--where I did believe there was a significant risk because my belief was that a regional meltdown was possible.

In other words, there would be a geographical difference?