I wanted to echo on the question that Senator Brown had asked you about the Guard and Reserve and the role of the Guard and Reserve.

I commit to work with me and Congress to support and learn from best practices for this important program.

25 percent of those that have been released from Guantanamo have gotten back in the fight against us.

the most important thing in this plan is it provides flexibility now to General Allen to decide how he withdraws those forces, when he withdraws them.

I am deeply concerned about one particular aspect of it, and that is the plan to fully remove the surge troops during September 2012.

I think it is important that we take a look at this.

Do you have an opinion whether there was any strategic, operational, or tactical advantages to the September withdrawal versus at the end of the fighting season?

I firmly believe that Guantanamo is a top rate facility having visited it and should be that facility.

I believe that we need to take serious caution before the administration makes a commitment to further reductions below New START force levels.

We have spent $46 billion over the past decade developing weapon systems that ultimately were never fielded.

We do need to take that very seriously.

We will maintain the triad, that we will maintain the stockpile at the current levels set out in the START treaty.

As far as you understand it, is Guantanamo Bay still off the table in terms of being used for that type of facility?

I want to ensure that we are doing everything we can to obtain his release.

I just would say that in opening comments.

Is there any strategic, operational, or tactical reason to withdraw in September versus at least allowing us to finish the fighting season?

I had the opportunity as a new Senator to go to Afghanistan in January, and I was very impressed with the progress that has been made.

One of the concerns with a more aggressive recommendation, of course, is, as Senator McCain has outlined, given the progress we have made in Afghanistan, that that progress, we could see a regression of that progress.