Moving detainees held in GTMO to the United States would not stop future terrorist attacks to this country.

I have felt that, as large as that continent is, we ought to have something probably in Ghana.

There's never been a case of water-boarding, and the conditions, the treatment of the people, are good down there.

The attacks leading up to September 11 were not the result of holding detainees in GTMO.

The Americans across the country, they understand this. The polling is showing that 2-to-1 say that it shouldn't be closed.

I objected to that first budget of the President just for the terminating of all these programs, such as the F-22, the C-17, and the Future Combat System.

I think most of the members on this committee are actually co-sponsors of the legislation that we have that would be helpful to resolve that.

My personal feeling is he has a tough job, but he's a tough guy and he's been able to do it.

I certainly wish you luck. It's been 39 years, is that how long?

I've spent a disordinate amount of time in some of the African nations, and I've left... with the idea that we made a mistake, at one time, on our IMET program.

I would ask you, just in the remainder of the time that I have, now that you're going out and you can reflect back...

As we continue to fund Pakistan's efforts, a concern has resonated, at least with me, that we might be inadvertently getting those fundings to the wrong places.

It is critical that the Nuclear Triad, as well as Missile Defense, remain a viable and effective mechanism for preventing those that mean this country harm from doing so.

North Korea is a threat and their pursuit of nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities should not be misinterpreted.

We were involved and consulted in the development of the central limits of the New START treaty.

we cannot take our influence in the region for granted and that our status as the partner of choice is difficult to maintain given the constraints such as limitation of our security assistance programs

We have the technology to counter the threat; we need to take the steps to field a layered ballistic missile defense in Korea which mitigates the risk to our assets and personnel.

I disagree with that, and I will submit for the record evidence that it would have been 2015.