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As the military grappled with incredible challenges to morale and readiness after Vietnam it also made the transition to an All-Volunteer Force and protected key investments in technologies like stealth, precision weapons, and platforms…
The focus of today's hearing is the health of our steel industry and how we can work together to overcome the challenges it faces.
I am concerned by the prevalent argument that the United States can persuade the rest of the world to halt nuclear proliferation by reducing its own arsenal.
A robust U.S. nuclear deterrent, often referred to as the nuclear umbrella, provides a strong disincentive for other nations to develop WMD.
Overlooking this fact and dogmatically pursuing the reduction of U.S. nuclear forces... will lead to a lack of confidence in U.S. nuclear security guarantees.
It has hit, but the budget that was introduced did not have that accounted for in it.
So while sequestration may impact each of your organizations, the impact I am concerned with is, what is going to happen with regard to those warfighters and the warfighting capabilities?
As we prioritize our scarce defense resources, it is critical that we continue to invest in advanced research and potentially game-changing technologies.
We must sustain our investment in the next generation of technologies to maintain our technological superiority and stay ahead of these developing threats.
I appreciate the innovative structures our military employs to conduct cutting-edge research.
Some observers have criticized the United States because they think we are in too many places.
As you have stated previously, Admiral McRaven, there is no such thing as a local problem.
I worry that our strategy to confront these threats is struggling to keep pace.
The threat of cyber attack has become the top security threat facing the Nation, overtaking the threat of terrorism.
I happen to believe that we need to make sure that the funding and the programs need to be focused on our warfighters.
What was made abundantly clear from their testimony is that this country and our partners are facing a global security environment that is as complex and daunting as any time in our history.
Thus far, our defense-first policies have failed to deter hostile actors from attacking the United States in cyber space.