The world is a different kind of world today, as everyone on this committee knows. You all travel. You go everywhere. We...
Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska was sworn in as secretary of defense.
Specifics, even if they have to be in a bit of a broad range, I understand that, but tens of billions of dollars is too ...
I agree with the commentary that, going to the issue of the sequester, it is a clumsy way to do this across the board.
The battle over Chuck Hagel's nomination is over. The Senate today confirmed the former Nebraska senator as Defense secr...
I think that this demands cooperation between the White House and the Congress to figure out how the necessary task of r...
So you want to keep it as a library, that is what you are saying?
Exhilarating. Wonderful. Thank you for your service.
We cannot sustain our current trajectory--yet at the same time to deliver smart and effective government services.
A couple of quick points. One is, you mentioned that the effect of increased taxes and these possible spending reduction...
I also have a problem with the word entitlement for another reason, because people who have set aside savings for their ...
I don't have any further questions, but thank you gentlemen for your service.
Senate Republicans today blocked a vote to confirm defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel.
I do not personally believe that you can eliminate the command structure in the military from this process.
It is, I think, a critically important part of our foreign policy, clearly in our national interest.
If you do not hold people accountable, then you are not going to fix the problem.
I think we all accept it is a crime, and it needs to be treated as a crime.
I made this decision very reluctantly. I made it reluctantly because I recognize the significant hardship this places on...
