This is a far ranging issue that will warrant significant attention from me, if confirmed.

Sequestration may have irreversible impacts in the long term.

I believe that we should make available to Taiwan those defense articles and defense services which enable Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability, today and into the future.

If confirmed, working with the Secretary of State and other interagency counterparts, I would carefully consider any initiative that seeks to reduce tensions and facilitate a diplomatic solution to the current tensions.

If confirmed, I will work to uphold and prioritize our security commitments in the Asia-Pacific region.

I have deep concerns about Iran's destabilizing activities and recognize the many shared interests between the United States and Azerbaijan.

The Department is doing all that it can given the complex nature of suicide and society's limited base of knowledge in this realm.

I share the views of the leadership of the Army and the entire Department that this is a top priority.

I am deeply concerned about the significant rise in military suicides and am firmly committed to ensuring that the Department have the funds necessary to provide high-quality behavioral health care to servicemembers and their families.

I share the concern of our senior military leaders that the morale of the force will be affected in ways that are unpredictable if sequester goes into effect and disrupts our training, readiness, and family support programs.

I have never said that I support sequestration. I do not nor have I ever supported sequestration.

I believe the Department has developed a strategy that meets the challenges of the current and future security environment that both minimizes risk and complies with the fiscal constraints imposed by the Budget Control Act (BCA).

If confirmed, I will continue to work with OMB and Congress to seek the resources necessary to provide the military capabilities the defense of our Nation requires.

The ability to avoid sequestration and to pass a full-year appropriations bill for DOD is within the power of Congress.

I believe that DHS plays a vital role in securing unclassified Federal civilian government networks and working with owners and operators of critical infrastructure to secure their networks through risk assessment, mitigation, incident…

Today, the United States must be able to project naval power globally, with a strategic emphasis on rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific region and maintaining presence in and around the Middle East.

I am committed to ensuring that survivability shall be addressed on all new surface ship, combat systems and equipment designs.

I believe in a strong, healthy industrial base, and I am concerned that changes in the defense market may impact that base.