We think there is so much more our Guard could be doing in the role that we are paying high-priced contractors to do.

So, there's no checks and balances. You don't check with someone else to make sure.

I really appreciate that.

I understand staffs of U.S. Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command collaborate regularly and synchronize operations.

If you cannot make the changes that you made--if someone--I think we gave legislation that you could fire some of the people who are----

If confirmed as the EUCOM Commander what changes, if any, would you consider to the current ROE?

They get no continuing education on dispensing of opiates. None.

Does the President of the United States have the absolute ability and the power to call for a nuclear strike without any input from Congress?

I think they are participants in the development of our ability to leverage and thrive in the human domain.

That's the fruit of our commitment there, and we should recognize it as such, that there are two parties, that there is political competition.

Certainly it seems like it would be a good idea.

I hope you put them to good use. I hope we give you the ability to do that, sir.

If they are not getting the support and basically if they rely on the dysfunction of Baghdad right now getting the goods that they need and the arms that they need to help us defend the terrorists, I think it would be a shame not for us to…

that person, whoever the President may be, has the sole ability to call for a nuclear strike?

I am not advocating that we should have shot the plane down, but I understood that Secretary Kerry described it as a reckless, provocative, and dangerous act.

There is not a West Virginian I know that would not sacrifice so we have the military we have to defend our country.

It is amazingly difficult to figure out what that number is. It is very frustrating.

To my knowledge, Senator, that is a topic of debate in Korea, just as it is here.