It should be.

When I think that these for-profit schools have now become the choice in at least half of the cases for education for our members of the military, it troubles me, because the outcomes are unacceptable for anyone, let alone members of the…

I detected in his comments in the last day or two a sense of anger and frustration over the most recent incident involving an officer in the Air Force.

What has been the reaction of the military families to this lengthened stay at some of these bases?

They are not willing to accept that, which is what I pay them for.

This seems to be a systemic, persistent problem.

It's our job not to continually self-inflict the damage on our country, its readiness, and its economy.

I'm troubled when the program executive officer says that sustainment costs are the big gorilla and are potentially unaffordable in the future.

Unless agreement is reached on a deficit reduction plan that eliminates the projected sequestration, the Department of Defense (DOD) will have an additional $50 billion across-the-board reduction in fiscal year 2014.

the age of so many of our weapons systems, the age of our planes. They're not getting younger.

One of the critics, a Mr. Blair, said one of the real problems here... we've not utilized this nuclear command.

It could be some of the most important work and the most important jobs you have, I would think.

It would be a serious mistake to allow budget pressures to squander or in any way endanger them.

Arguably, the most awesome responsibility of the commander in chief, the President of the United States, is a decision of nuclear launch.

The obvious question is: Why was there a problem at this high level of responsibility within the Air Force?

I'd like to cancel it, and I'd like to cancel it not only for this year, but for the next 10.

You've got to get to the bottom of it. And you've got to prevent it as much as you can. And you've got to punish people who do it.

Base closure commissions are supposed to take the politicians out of the process. I think they've replaced the politicians with other politicians.