This is a really relevant question, in terms of whether or not we get the DOD budget under control.

I tend to agree with your comment, too, by the way, on ROTC, have for a long time.

This aid plays a critical role in our diplomacy, and nowhere is this more important than in East and Southeast Asia.

Despite the administration's stated attempt to engage Asia, the FY 2012 budget fails to provide the diplomatic funding and foreign assistance needed to rebalance our long-term and short-term strategic priorities.

Of all the regions in the world except Europe, the East Asia region has the lowest budget for foreign assistance.

One is, stewardship lasts a lifetime, when people step forward and serve.

I encourage you to express your views candidly and to tell us what is working well, and to raise any concerns and issues you may want to bring to this subcommittee's attention.

Now is the time to follow through on these findings to make sure our female veterans are getting the best care we can provide them with.

I think you're right on the mark with regard to your view of this as a moral contract.

I just find that mind-boggling.

Thank you.

If the argument goes that if you cast a wider net, you'll get a better candidate...

Sen. Mark Warner has supported our work by acting as an honorary host for our events in Virginia.

At this point, I would like to emphasize that this line of questioning is really designed to try to examine your methodology rather than being a comment on my view of the quality of the governmental systems in most of these places that I'm…

Seems to me that the implicit assumption in this legislation, at least the way we're measuring output, is that human trafficking is best addressed by country-based programs.

In your testimony, you note that South Korea has never prosecuted a citizen for child sex tourism, and that Japan's last prosecution was in 2005.

This hearing will come to order.

I would have to say, I had a number of friends--including a good friend who lives in Singapore--that were sort of amazed at this categorization.