From a larger, if I can say, international citizenship point of view, a safety point of view, it's not the right decision.
We in the United States I believe need a clearly stated policy with respect to these sorts of attacks on our flag vessels.
I think this is part of its historic role that's gone back for 200 years. It's a part of who we are as a Nation.
These are criminals and if we treat this criminal activity as being attributable to poverty, we're going to be ineffective in dealing with i...
the facts and analysis simply do not support the case for adding an alternate engine program.
It's been a very helpful hearing, from the subcommittee's point of view.
I do think there's a major part of it, that there was a budget ceiling that people had to live within.
To make an irrevocable decision which does not rest on any known analysis appears to me to be imprudent.
That's what, in our world, we tend to call straight talk.
Excellent. Thank you very much.
I appreciate it, and we'll have some good questions for you.
I find that logic to be suspect.
If you were writing the defense budget for next year, understanding that you disagree with the recommendations of Secretary Gates, what woul...
I agree. I think, too, probably one of the more prominent conclusions today, and I think you made the case well, is the role of the long-ran...
I think we're sacrificing operational capability for acquisition efficiency.
The fight we're in is irregular, it's a hybrid, we can't do everything.
We are a global power, and we have global interests, and that means we have global vulnerabilities.
These investments in systems like the F-22, in my view, are investments in deterrents.
