If confirmed, I will certainly continue to stress to Congress the importance of receiving an enacted fiscal year 2013 Defense Appropriations Bill.

I support the administration's approach of cautious and calibrated engagement with the Burmese military through bilateral and multilateral arrangements.

However, sequestration's effects would be disastrous for the Department and would necessitate a review of the new defense strategy.

If confirmed, I am committed to seeing that programs that focus on resiliency and leadership education continue and are further evaluated with additional research.

The impact of sequestration combined with a year-long Continuing Resolution will present the Department with very serious funding challenges.

A full-year Continuing Resolution and sequestration would damage our readiness, our people, and our military families.

I want to make it clear that if confirmed I will make it a priority to minimize the impact of sequestration on our wounded warriors and their families.

I believe strategy should drive our resource decisions, but our strategy must also be realistic and resource-informed.

Adverting sequestration, as well as providing the Department a fiscal year 2013 appropriations bill, should be Congress' highest priority.

I support the current administration approach, in which DOD has the responsibility to defend, deter, and, when directed by the President, take action to defend the United States, its allies, and its interests in cyberspace as in all…

I agree that departments and agencies should not set up unnecessary bureaucracies or duplicative efforts.

I support the continued modernization, and expansion if necessary, of the GMD system and the other missile defense efforts that can contribute to the protection of the homeland in the future.

The President is on record as saying, and I agree, that the United States cannot accept any limits on its BMD systems.

I believe that modernizing nuclear forces and infrastructure is critical and should be a national priority.

Compliance with legal obligations is central to the effectiveness of arms control treaties, and concerns about non-compliance must be addressed.

Yes, the Department's ability to respond to contingencies is directly related to the funding it receives which is translated into military capabilities.

In general, I agree that we must maintain the right balance of end-strength, modernization, and training to guard against a hollow force.

The President has made clear that the United States will respond to hostile acts in cyberspace as we would any other threat to our country.