Have you heard anything from commanders in the field in Afghanistan or Iraq about the readiness of British forces or Canadian forces?

I mean, this has been described variously as the Fed put, which is basically we can go out, take some risk, and then we go to the--there is some way to put the risk off onto the Fed, which ultimately is the taxpayer.

They have just cut my line of credit in half and raised the interest rates by 10 or 12 percent.

There's been a lot of discussion about the DADT policy.

On the other side--we're supplying both sides, essentially, in this battle.

So that both in terms of acquisition of the target and launching to intercept, Alaska is well positioned vis-a-vis Iran and North Korea?

I cannot get a loan. I have got good credit.

I want to thank you, General Ward. I also want to thank you for your service, because it's a long time since we taught together at West Point and I'm awfully proud of what you've accomplished for the military and for the Army.

Is there a danger of some of the border States of Mexico becoming ungoverned spaces that would invite not just narco-gangs, but more sophisticated international terrorists to set up shop?

Our success in drawing down our forces and stabilizing Iraq rests on their performance.

There's more of a sense of expeditionary, and this is part of what General Mattis tried to work so hard.

Merida shouldn't just be a 1- or 2-year event, but it's a relationship over time.

It would be a human tragedy to do so, and we can avoid it if we are responsible about delivery system reform in the time that we now have.

You can go after Medicare with fiscal knives anytime you like.

I really applaud what the President has done with the infrastructure fund.

I think your points about having a proper capital budget are essentially right. We should do that.

Our budget does not really reflect in any way that I can find the infrastructure deficit that we have.

The theory is true, but the politics around it make it hard to adhere to the discipline.