I agree that our military forces need to remain flexible, agile, and balanced in order to be ready for challenges around the world.

If confirmed, I will look forward to participating in any interagency discussion of the merits of extending selective service registration to women.

I will hold all commanders responsible for this issue.

In today's complex global environment, cyber threats pose an increasingly serious challenge to national security.

I applaud Secretary Panetta's decision to rescind the restriction on women in direct combat.

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

The Department is doing all that it can given the complex nature of suicide and society's limited base of knowledge in this realm.

I share the views of the leadership of the Army and the entire Department that this is a top priority.

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

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.

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.

Reducing the Nation's dependence on foreign oil is an important national security imperative.

Maintaining ready forces is a priority.

I think the President's approach to the region has had some great success during the first term.

To secure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia, it is important that the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) maintain a robust combined defense posture.

I fully support the Taiwan Relations Act.

The President has said Assad must go, and a democratic political transition should remain our goal.