"I truly believe we are totally underresourced up there for what is going to be necessary, not only today but into the future."
"I think you're a great group of folks and President Obama has once again selected some good individuals, especially in the armed services area."
"It's absolutely vital that we have an extremely strong family support group."
"I was one of the first mayors when I served as mayor to sign the covenant with the Army."
"How will you deal with the conflicts that might occur when a budget constraint is put on you in regards to testing?"
"There are two priorities that we have set for the European site. One is a regional defense capability to protect the nations, and the second is a redundant capability that would assist in protecting t..."
"How do you define in Afghanistan--that is what I am focused on right now, a win in Afghanistan?"
"There is a policy discussion that needs to occur if the belief is that the system should be developed beyond what we would call a rogue state capability."
"In our authorization bill that will be up Monday, we have some language in there specifically talking about a testing plan."
"One of the keys that we are looking at in this assessment is we have in the technology side, on what we could call the test and modeling side of the house, demonstrated a capability particularly for t..."
"But I would say we're not there even in those high-intensity areas."