Is it correct that DOD is purchasing helicopters from Rosoboronexport for use in Afghanistan?

We are talking about small businesses that if they are put out of business by sequestration, then it is difficult often to bring that capability back.

I hope you could circle back with me on that.

This is an issue that has to be addressed right away, and it is my hope that on a bipartisan basis, that we will put aside the election-year politics and get this resolved on behalf of all the men and women who serve underneath all of you…

I look at that as first and foremost a force protection issue.

I am also concerned that if we do not modernize in the way that I believe the President made a commitment in the confirmation of the New START treaty that it will be to the detriment of our nuclear deterrent and also in my view could…

$60 billion of U.S. contracting funds had been wasted, misspent, or went in the wrong hands in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It is outrageous.

This is very important in terms of modernizing, making sure that we have a sufficient nuclear deterrent.

I believe a reliable and modern nuclear deterrent is central to America's national security.

I have sent a letter to the President expressing my concerns in following up on the New START treaty.

To me, this is the ultimate issue as you review the closure of GTMO. In the absence of bringing anyone to detain them at the Guantanamo facility, if we do not have an equivalent facility, then there is no place for us to put them.

Do you believe a strong and dependable U.S. nuclear deterrent also helps prevent nuclear proliferation around the world?

Dr. Miller, are you aware of Rosoboronexport's activities in Syria and how that company, which is affiliated with the Russian Government, has continued to arm the Assad regime and enable that regime's murder of its own citizens?

We cannot wait any longer to resume this critical work.

I hope that is the case this time, but I am concerned about what I see as a mismatch between our stated national security objectives and a portion of the Pentagon budget proposal.

I fully commit to supporting that critical program.

Please let me know, as you go forward, what I can do to support their excellent efforts.