Curbing the growth in compensation is prudent and does not increase risk to recruiting and retention programs.

Other countries, like Iran, seeking nuclear weapons should take note of North Korea's experience.

I have not made a recommendation to the President that we should militarily intervene.

Does the Air Force have the capacity to store hundreds of warheads at its ICBM bases, or would such a policy require significant infrastructure changes?

The missile deployments the United States is making in phases one through three of the European Phased Adaptive Approach, including sites in Poland and Romania, will be able to provide coverage of all European NATO territory as planned by…

The world is a different kind of world today, as everyone on this committee knows. You all travel. You go everywhere. We have new threats.

I am committed to achieving an enduring culture change and hold leadership accountable to create an institution that not only works to prevent sexual assaults, but to make victims feel safe and confident the DOD's ability to properly…

I think it is pretty clear, as we are consolidating our bases and handing over responsibilities.

Chuck Hagel, the former Republican senator from Nebraska was sworn in as secretary of defense.

I also have a problem with the word entitlement for another reason, because people who have set aside savings for their entire life as a guarantee for retirement income security, as well as healthcare security, should not be stigmatized by…

We cannot sustain our current trajectory--yet at the same time to deliver smart and effective government services.

I agree with the commentary that, going to the issue of the sequester, it is a clumsy way to do this across the board.

I don't have any further questions, but thank you gentlemen for your service.

So you want to keep it as a library, that is what you are saying?

Specifics, even if they have to be in a bit of a broad range, I understand that, but tens of billions of dollars is too broad.

I think that this demands cooperation between the White House and the Congress to figure out how the necessary task of reducing spending takes place in a more targeted manner.

A couple of quick points. One is, you mentioned that the effect of increased taxes and these possible spending reductions would have about a negative 1.5 effect...

Exhilarating. Wonderful. Thank you for your service.