We simply cannot allow Vladimir Putin to continue to think he can get away with whatever he wants without consequences.

Do you support this initiative? What countries are the principal threats?

From a policy perspective, can you please help me understand why we deploy missile defenses to protect our aircraft carriers from Chinese ballistic missiles but we do not deploy missile defenses to protect our cities from Chinese nuclear…

According to the GAO, "although the dates MDA plans to declare technical capability for EPAA have not changed..."

The budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2015 includes a proposal that MDA assume responsibility as the technical authority for Integrated Air and Missile Defense programs.

It appears the fiscal year 2014 budget request cuts your directed energy budget to approximately $13 million. Can you tell me, is this a sufficient budget request in your opinion?

I am concerned with Russia's behavior threatening our allies, including the illegal invasion of Ukraine and its violation of the INF Treaty.

Why does Russia deploy missile defense? Why does it have a nuclear-armed missile defense?

Are we making sufficient investments to pay for life-cycle maintenance and aging and reliability for this 10-year-old system, which, as you know, was deployed with a 20-year design life?

Two administrations, including the current one, supported forward-deployed missile defense sites in Poland to provide added and needed protection of the homeland.

The National Missile Defense Policy Act of 1999 requires that we deploy national missile defenses capable of defending the United States from 'accidental or unauthorized' ballistic missile attack.

What would you worry about if Turkey acquired a Chinese missile defense system?