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Now, to go down to an Army of 450 with increasing commitments... could we sustain 170,000 soldiers overseas for contingency?

We believe that the demand for capacity, scale of land forces is not only going up today, but in the future is going to continue to go up.

What allowed us to do that was air supremacy, the ability to project power onto land. That is increasingly challenged now.

We cannot remain static if the risks are increasing and the security environment is changing.

I have a hard time explaining why we do this, and it seems to me with a rapidly changing world that our military is not changing with it.

It is important that we protect these investments in the readiness accounts from any misguided cuts.

We cannot shortchange our investments in modernization.

It is important that we take a step back and assess the current state of our military force and the threats that we face at home and abroad.

The U.S. military remains the most ready and capable fighting force in the world.

Can you help the Air Force with some of your excess 100 percent and get them up?

The bottom line number for the active Army at the time was 484,000. Now, the active force is going down to 450,000.

What kind of bonuses are you giving?

Did I understand you earlier saying, General Carlisle, that you were 500 fighter pilots short?

What do we sacrifice to pay for readiness in fiscal year 2017, and it is simple math.

What we see is--our organization is charged with thinking about future conflict, learning in a focused, sustained, and collaborative manner about the future under our Force 2025 Maneuvers.

I commend the Army for prioritizing readiness in this year's budget and ensuring that our military are trained and ready to respond to any contingency at a moment's notice.

I understand that while there is a one-for-one replacement for the aircraft in squadrons under the Air Force plan, it is not clear that close air support capability of the modernized force will equal or exceed the close air support…

You are saying $25,000 will not do the job.