There's been a consistency of the combatant commanders that that is a program where we can get a lot more for our money.

You've had a great career. You and I have fought together, for 3 years, what I called the Battle of Vieques.

I'd love to stay up here, but I'm not going to hesitate to dive down and to ask the tough questions.

Yes. One of your biggest problems is going to be that you probably won't have the resources that you think are really necessary to get this done.

I disagree with you on this issue.

I've often thought--I look back wistfully at the days of the Cold War, when things were predictable.

I would hope that you would keep in mind and evaluate these as they come in, because sometimes you'll get legitimate requests, sometimes they'll be politically inspired requests.

I'd like to have you look into the successes.

Transparency and reporting solves all that, not more rules, not more pads, not more things to mark down, but the fact is the American people need to see what we do and how we do it.

I don't believe lobbying reform is the problem. I believe Congress is, and we are going to do a lot of things over the next 3 to 6 months that are going to look good on paper, but until you change the motivations of the institution, you…

The problem is us.

We are going to do a lot of window dressing, but in the long run, we are not going to change anything until we change the motivation that the next election is more important than anything else.