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If confirmed, I will uphold this commitment.

Current reductions in the Army and Marine Corps are being carefully managed in order to balance risk with the right mix of capabilities necessary to fulfill all of the missions required by the Defense Strategic Guidance.

Yes. I believe that it will require considerable time to repair equipment returning from operations in Afghanistan because of the nature of the repairs and difficulty of removing the equipment from Afghanistan.

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

Improving the Department's financial management capability is an important priority and if confirmed, I will ensure that senior leaders are focused on this goal and hold them accountable.

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

I believe that a modernized nuclear weapons infrastructure that would allow production of additional warheads is important to hedge against significant, unforeseen changes in the international security situation.

I believe that modernizing the nuclear weapons production infrastructure is very important.

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

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

I support the President's approach to missile defense in Europe, including the deployment of the Aegis Ashore sites in Romania and Poland as currently planned.

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

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

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…

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…

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

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