The rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region, as the term goes, is in my eyes a commitment to continue the pivotal American military role in the Asia-Pacific theater, which has kept peace and stability there for decades now.

You don't advocate a diminishment of the resources we are spending with regard to the Middle East or Russia and Europe at this point, do you?

I am frustrated by my colleagues who have chosen to play politics as we consider the Homeland Security Department's funding bill.

If we don't stand behind our word on that article, then our word really does mean nothing.

According to NATO guidelines, we ask our NATO allies to devote at least 2 percent of their GDP to defense.

Yes, he wouldn't be overly delighted with sequestration and with the current funding level and proposed funding level going forward?

It is critical that we continue to implement this longstanding commitment.

We must act on a comprehensive, permanent reform to our immigration laws.

I believe that the deferred action programs that we are discussing today constitute an important step in trying to address our broken immigration system.

Did not the Congressional Budget Office actually conclude that eliminating these programs would be a fiscal negative?

It would be an incredible waste of taxpayer dollars to allow the State Department to spend tens of millions of dollars to tear down a world class research building.

United States policy towards Taiwan is governed by the Taiwan Relations Act.

The Department should continue to focus on defense cooperation in support of Taiwan's transformation to a volunteer force.

If confirmed, will you direct the appropriate entity within DOD to brief the appropriate Congressional committees on the efficacy of the Free Syria Network?

What is your view on how sequestration would threaten the Navy and Marine Corps' ability to decisively project power abroad?

What is your assessment of the impact sequestration would have on our amphibious forces and our Navy and Marine Corps' ability to execute DOD's pivot to Asia-Pacific?

I think your testimony earlier today is that that is a reasonable request on the part of the president of Ukraine, and it will be necessary for him to get those in order for him to defend his country.

Would you also agree that it is unacceptable that this month's transfer of 100 armored Humvees to Ukraine took over a year to process due to bureaucratic delays at DOD and State?