I also think it is very important that we also buttress our NATO support for the Baltics as well in all of this.

I have opposed the Air Force's decision to retire the A-10, particularly from what I have heard from our men and women on the ground.

We believe that F-15, 16s, and B-1s cannot replicate the CAS capabilities of the A-10.

I have been so impressed with your work on SASC.

I think all of us are looking forward to working with you in this new position, and I look forward to enthusiastically supporting you.

I am really enthusiastically looking forward to voting for you.

Iran has the blood of American soldiers on its hands for the explosive materials that they provided to the Shia militias in Iraq.

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.

The cyber threat is clearly very significant.

Well, that's terrific. And they're ready to receive them, and looking forward to it.

I do not agree with that, and I think this committee very clearly in the defense authorization--actually the Army requested $106 million for Patriot improvement to upgrade our use of the Patriot, and that was actually accepted by this…

Whichever option we decide upon must take into consideration not only the safety and security of our soldiers but the communities in which they work.

Members of the New Hampshire Army National Guard--and servicemembers like them around the country--deserve better.

The demand for ground forces will continue to increase even more so since many of our longstanding allies have significantly reduced their military forces over the last 25 years.

I continue to be troubled by the condition of New Hampshire Army National Guard readiness centers--a trend that I know is reflected around the country.

Right now the level of uncertainty, the velocity of instability, and potential for significant inter-state conflict is higher than it has been since the end of the Cold War in 1989-91.

When we give a well-performing soldier who has deployed (often multiple times) a pink slip simply to meet a budget-drive endstrength reduction, I think that is breaking faith.

I believe, based on what I've seen them do in the past, that they have the capability to do that.