General, I just want to thank you for all that you have done for the country, and I think that you will do a tremendous job as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

I am really enthusiastically looking forward to voting for you.

It strikes me as one of our biggest vulnerabilities in the sense that the information that we have and the willingness of countries to share amongst themselves is critical.

we have talked about fraud in the ACTC. As I understand it, we have an improper payment rate overall even in the Earned Income Tax Credit of 22 to 26 percent.

As soon as you can, Senator. I mean, we are approaching a point in time where we are going to have to make those decisions.

we are already paying out $65 billion a year on this Earned Income Tax Credit.

So, I want to make sure that as we look at all of this, we think about the prior 3 years.

I think that most Americans would be very troubled to think that we are giving refundable tax money that is all of the taxpayer dollars to fraudulent situations.

We have currently about 54 attack submarines, and we're only meet of half of combatant commanders' request for.

I appreciate your continued focus and attention on making sure the people of Portsmouth are fully supported.

It is very important to follow the law.

I want to solve this problem.

We need a better mechanism to share those among the shipyards before--public shipyards--to ensure that we can learn from each other.

Congress was not given 30 days notification of the transfers of those five very dangerous individuals.

I very much thank you and your family for your service to the country and willingness to take on this important leadership position during these challenging times.

Ending Welfare for Telecom Giants

If confirmed, do you commit to following this law, keeping Congress informed on the Army's use of involuntary separation, and working where possible to avoid the involuntary separation of well-performing soldiers to meet budget-driven…

Our troops, who put their lives on the line for our freedom and security, should not be sent into harm's way with the cheapest equipment, but rather the best.