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

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I believe in a strong, healthy industrial base, and I am concerned that changes in the defense market may impact that base.

I am committed to ensuring that survivability shall be addressed on all new surface ship, combat systems and equipment designs.

Today, the United States must be able to project naval power globally, with a strategic emphasis on rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific region and maintaining presence in and around the Middle East.

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…