I know you are new, you are just days on the job, but from your standpoint right now initially, what is the status of the implementation of 922, and what is the status of the report on implementation of 922 required by section 1074 of the…

Success in the proposed talks will require consistent strategic messaging, close coordination with our partners in China, and increased diplomatic capacity.

What efforts are underway to define and resource SO/LIC?

We must be prepared for future activities and conflicts in which potential adversaries have made gains in technologies.

That's something that would--is something we should do immediately, because--the nature of the threat.

Do you believe that it is in our national security interests to stay within the confines of the JCPOA?

When we see some of these proposed cuts to State, it will play out in fewer opportunities for students.

I concur, and we do have a good and very courageous team of diplomats on the ground in Mogadishu.

I think you already know that if such a deal was proposed where the Saudis would not be liable to and required to adhere to this standard, I would oppose it and I think many others would too.

Again, I think both you and General Robinson illustrate so dramatically how we have to get adequate funding for every significant national security component whether they are in the Defense Department or outside the Defense Department.

I just do not think we have the time to do that.

North Korea's attack on Sony America was an attempt to silence an entertainment company from exercising its right to free speech.

I commend you for the careful and thoughtful and hard work that went into the National Defense Strategy.

Despite recent reforms, lasting change will require your leadership and vision to sustain a whole-of-the-government approach.

We cannot afford to stand still in this area when our adversaries have been investing in their nuclear forces for the last 2 decades.

We cannot dig ourselves out of the current readiness crisis in just 2 years.

would it make sense to review those provisions and give you more flexibility and ways in which you could conduct military-to-military dialogue with Russia in certain situations?

I am concerned that DOD is not providing sufficient transparency for its current and FYDP budget request for spending on service contracts.