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As future policy advisors to the Secretary, I would like to get your opinions on whether or not these most recent budget decisions were indeed informed policy decisions.

He reached these decisions after consultations with the President, and with the military and civilian leadership of the Department of Defense.

Secretary Gates' most recent budget decisions were informed policy decisions.

It appears that President Obama has no intention to continue with plans to field a third ballistic missile defense site in Eastern Europe.

The Senate has passed a resolution by a vote of 94 to 3 that Guantanamo detainees, including senior members of al Qaeda, should not be transferred stateside into facilities in American communities and neighborhoods.

In your view, will the next-generation bomber be vital to our national defense strategy?

The RAND Corporation recently issued a study that estimates that synthetic fuel would reduce the U.S.'s reliance on foreign oil by as much as 15 percent, while possibly generating up to $60 billion in domestic revenue each year.

I want to thank our nominees for their willingness to serve their country, and many of you have had careers in public service.

I think it will incentivize a lot greater participation by the private sector in expanding synthetic fuel production, if we have that type of multi-year procurement authority.

The 2006 QDR stated the Department plans to develop a new land base penetrating long-range strike capability that would be fielded by 2018.

The Secretary of the Navy, in consultation with the Chief of Naval Operations, signed a Record of Decision to develop a second nuclear-carrier homeport on the East Coast on January 14, 2009, and determined that it is in the best national…

This is something that really does deserve a framework, a national framework.

I believe in that slogan that it is so much easier to build a child than to repair an adult.

We need to send that message. And it seems to me payment reform and tuition assistance are two powerful tools to do it.

It starts by empowering our scientists to do the great work that we know they can do.

Providing as high a quality of life as we can guarantee is a critical goal for us as we look at health reform and as it pertains especially to the disability community.

Immunization is probably as sound an investment as we can make in good health.

As we look to ways with which to bring down costs, I am absolutely convinced that a big part of that effort... will be determined by the degree to which generic drugs are allowed to play the role that it can.