Withdrawing before there is a stable and legitimate Iraqi authority would turn Iraq into a failed state and a terrorist sanctuary.

I believe these risks are manageable, and that various measures--the provision of advisors and tracking of weapons--can be adopted to ensure compliance.

The rebasing initiatives are on track. The scope of restationing 70,000 troops and their families from Europe and Korea, Joint Basing, growing the force, and the redeployment of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan is momentous.

While a great deal of emphasis has been placed on our ground forces, the Navy faces significant challenges.

What do you foresee as the worst case scenario for which KFOR must be prepared?

General Cartwright, the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) has been a controversial topic over the last few years.

MUOS will provide a 10-fold increase in capacity over UHF follow-on, providing UHF mobile communications for our tactical users.

Pakistan is a country of tremendous importance to our strategic interests currently undergoing severe political instability.

Several hundred thousand for several years.

If confirmed, they will be installed during one of the most challenging times in our Nation's national security history.

I do believe I will be working with the Secretary to continue putting pressure on NATO in order for it to fulfill its commitments in Afghanistan.

Welcome to the arena, and fight hard for your troops.

influencing cross-strait relations between China and Taiwan.

Clearly, the figures show that they're pumping some of these new revenues back into refurbishing their military?

Because balance is fine, but, if there's a tilt, tilt a little towards the troops.

It certainly strengthens the enemy and with the particular enemy that we are dealing with, I think they would use it with their information campaigns as a recruiting tool.

General Casey, I do not want to embroil you in the political debates here in Congress and I promise you I will not do that.

If the enemy believes that, notwithstanding our statements, that we ultimately, that Washington, that the political leadership, says we do not believe we can win, so we are not going to follow through, what kind of consequences does that…