I am concurrently concerned about the public diplomacy ramifications of any changes to our proposed relocation of troops from Okinawa.

Our strategic relationship with Egypt is one of the most important in the region.

the role that America has played in providing stability and security in the Asia-Pacific region over the last 6 decades, as you've said, has been one of the preconditions of the enormous growth and prosperity in the region over that time.

I hope we can find ways to add on to what the administration has requested pursuant to the BCA.

Could you explain with specificity what the impact will be on current eligible personnel and on the Air Mobility Command's (AMC) air passenger operations?

With the proposed cuts in President Obama's 2013 defense budget to large cargo aircraft, does TRANSCOM have the capacity to support combat operations?

General Fraser, what are the readiness risks associated with these slower response times?

I want to make sure our witnesses know that I'm probably not the only one on this side of the table here who disagrees with the administration's position on UNCLOS.

I have always been concerned about the quality of our intelligence on North Korea.

I agree 100 percent with your UNCLOS position for our country. It's about time that we become serious about that.

we must avoid a hollow force, and maintain a military that will always be ready, agile, deployable, and capable.

It is my hope that future Secretaries of Defense will share that impressive level of commitment on this important issue.

it's very disturbing to a lot of us that when we have the President's-- now that all the results are in on his budget, that he's actually given us this $5.3 trillion deficit and the only area that I can see where we've had reductions in capability and in funding are in the area of military.

I share the consternation that Senator McCain expressed about the excess of rhetoric and deficiency of any real action to assist the opposition in Syria.

Let me ask you one follow-on question about the really tragic events in Afghanistan in the last week or so.

the political benefit of having them there to engage with our allies, I think, speaks for itself within the alliance, sir.

I worry that as we get this move toward us and urging us to be more involved for mutual economic security, even political governance interests, that we're sending a message out by the cuts in defense that are part of the Budget Control Act (BCA)...