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It is important the positions be filled in a timely manner by qualified nominees who are ready to take on many of the challenges that face our country.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Senator Hutchison, for holding today's hearing, and I want to thank our panel for their willingness to serve.

We have an over-dependence upon foreign energy.

On his Defense Budget Recommendation Statement on 6 April 2009, Secretary Gates described these decisions as the product of 'a holistic assessment of capabilities, requirements, risks and needs for the purpose of shifting the department in…

To me, this proposal to delay development of the Next Generation Bomber until post-START arms control talks are completed appears problematic.

The men and women who serve our Nation honorably deserve and should receive the best our country can offer.

What we do in the Independent Living Program, although it is a small program currently, is so vitally important.

I am hoping that we can perhaps figure out a way to expedite this EIS process.

I hope that the Department will move quickly on both those programs.

Thank you all very much. I appreciated very much your testimony and your very candid observations.

Gentlemen, the Army maintains sets of prepositioned stocks of combat support vehicles for contingency use.

Thank you all very much for your testimony.

I'm concerned that the future will be more uncertain and more unstable.

I believe it's reasonable to assess that the precise requirements for land forces will continue to evolve.

None of these decisions are going to be easy.

I think this is an important hearing.

How much longer can we wait to fully embrace NextGen technologies, both in terms of safety and handling the air traffic volume

Transforming our Nation's current air traffic control system is absolutely critical if we are to improve safety and plan for the anticipated growth in the amount of flights