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We take these issues very seriously and we are actively taking steps to reduce the incidence of sexual harassment and sexual assault in our ranks.

All individuals deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, and they should be guaranteed living and working environments free of sexual harassment and sexual assault.

I, too, would like to thank you, gentlemen, and your families, for your service and dedication to this country.

I do think a great deal of deference should be given to the Commander in Chief on his selection.

I just think, am I sad that this is going to be a party-line vote? Yes, I am.

I think we have to be really careful with inferences that would leave the impression that this man would somehow purposely evade or purposely mislead this committee.

Let me go, and not only did he go, he served with courage on the battlefield.

Well, it is not inconsistent, I don't believe, Senator. But you used the term `could'. That is a pretty important operative word in the report.

I call it an illustration, Senator, because that is the term; it is used at the front end of the report.

As Senator Nunn said in his opening statement--and I have alluded generally to this--the mainstream thinking of most Presidents we have had in the last 65 years--and I go back to Ronald Reagan's comments, as Senator Nunn quoted--was…

Thank you, Senator. Let me first correct some of your interpretation of what the Global Zero report was and what it actually said.

Our strength is not just military strength.

I do not want Cabinet Secretaries who are going to be hedging their advice based on what they think will be popular.

I was wrong.

The next Secretary of Defense will likely make critical decisions with respect to budgeting for national defense.

I do not believe he is the right choice for this job.

It would send a terrible signal to our military and civilian workforce, to those we hope to recruit, and to both our allies and adversaries around the world.

Sequestration, if allowed to occur, would damage our readiness, our people, and our military families.