This is probably the largest percentage of guardsmen and reservists in a combat situation in history.

America is proud of you.

does it not make sense to employ the 18-18-18 National Call to Service (NCS) Act to augment the required end strength you are pursuing?

Why is future end strength considered an emergency-spending request?

General Schoomaker, did Army Acquisition Chief Claude Bolton, at any time, convey CommerceBasix' analysis, or any information regarding this analysis, to Boeing?

Why are Army and National Guard service members guarding Air Force bases?

General Jumper, from the Air Force's statement, am I to understand that it is your intention to fund the lease of up to 20 tankers by reprogramming from other systems?

Secretary Rumsfeld, the designation of a program as undergoing spiral development is crucial because, according to section 803 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003...

I think what it does is it increases the size of the deficit and again deceives the American people about the size of the deficit and the debt that we are incurring per household.

I continue to disagree with the assertion made by the Secretary of Defense that we will not have significant impact on retention of guardsmen and reservists.

In my opinion, there is no doubt that a very dangerous threat has been removed.

Where are we with regard to each project? Specifically, who is conducting them? When will each be completed?

It appears to me that the cancellation of the United States Air Force's (USAF) joint participation in the Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) program in favor of the USAF's Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser Extended Range (WCMD-ER) is totally…

Secretary Rumsfeld, do you envision expansion of this program?

I believe that it is going to get worse before it gets better, and it is time to start upgrading the benefits of those who are doing a good job for this country.

Is the U.S. space policy being updated to include the option to weaponize space?

Secretary Rumsfeld, when and how will you begin the process outlined in the Order of the Military Commissions that the President signed in November 2001, and will you have outside observers?

What deadlines have you established to ensure these initiatives are folded into the upcoming BRAC process?