We made a bold decision at the time to leave some of this waste in the tank, save a lot of money.

If you close Yucca Mountain, which apparently is the game plan now, under the law that created Yucca Mountain, high-level defense waste would have priority.

The reason this is important is because we've always wanted a pathway forward.

So, the bottom line is that the stimulus money, which is a 2-year funding stream, is not going to be used to create a program that has a funding stream past 2 years.

I want to also commend our colleagues, Congressman Salazar and Congressman Altmire, for their interest in this.

the President announced, and you testified, that this new strategy is designed to defeat al Qaeda in Pakistan and Iraq.

We need to find out as a Nation what to do with these folks because I think they're very dangerous just to let them go.

The Taliban were in power when al Qaeda was allowed and invited in to establish the sanctuaries in Afghanistan from which the September 11 attacks were launched.

I do think that over time we want to make clear to Iran the full range of behaviors that we find problematic, that we would like to see change.

The likelihood of fighting going up in Afghanistan this summer and spring is great, is that correct?

Thank you all for your service, particularly Admiral Olson and General Petraeus.

Would you consider someone captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan an enemy combatant to be held by our forces?

I think you're generally on target and want to give you all the support I can to continue to win this fight.

And Admiral, I am particularly happy to hear of the cooperation with the government of India, which is now a very strong strategic ally of the United States.

When do you believe that JPAC will be fully manned at 100 percent of your current authorizations?

You will be gone from your position well before any implementation of the study's recommendations.

any congressional authorization that we get--a congressional mandate is most helpful to us, particularly as we try to gather the resources needed to do any extra missions.

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