I'm interested in inquiring into your views, based on your perspective as the commander of our strategic forces, as to what the consequences are to our own national security when we have entered into a nuclear weapons agreement with a…

One thing I'd like to know is how any of that changes, both with regard to those countries and possibly other countries, if we, as the United States, proceed with any plan to draw down our strategic weapons below the New START levels.

It seems to me this would be something that the American people would need to know.

But, do we have any historical precedent that suggests that, as we draw down our systems, our nuclear arsenals--is there anything in our history, any historical evidence, to suggest that as we do that, other countries are less likely to be…

Those Americans who do that are my heroes.

We need a new corporate tax code and regulatory system to eliminate lobbyist loopholes and giveaways. Level the playing field between businesses, big and small, and foster a dynamic globally competitive private sector. The left today no…

Critics might push back and argue that my own party has been part of the problem. Too often joining the Democrats to rig our economy to benefit the well connected at the expense of the disconnected. I know because I'm one of those critics.

I would like to keep a more broad picture, if we could, kind of a bigger picture.

I appreciate your welcome. I want you to know I am happy to get your coffee.

I worry that that gives people maybe a false sense of complacency.

This has been such a disruptive and such a painful process, which will still leave tens of millions of Americans uninsured.

The recent action by Russia in Crimea is alarming and it is part of a series of disappointments that we have seen since the Russian reset.

Do you not think that it would be in the national security interests of the United States to open up our domestic production of oil and natural gas specifically for purposes related to our national security?

Secretary Hagel, you have outlined some very specific reductions in end strength within the Army, its Reserve units, and within the Marine Corps.

When will DOD make a decision on strategic force structure to comply with the Treaty and why has it taken so long to do so?

Should an agreement in ICBM development be something that is addressed in the final agreement that we are negotiating with the Iranians?

I want to assure the families that this committee has questioned the Department of Defense officials on the full spectrum of the mission.

Honoring those Americans is our number one priority.