If we shortchange our aviation, Army aviation, that would cripple ultimately the Army's ability to project force, would it not?

The Army will also assure U.S. allies in Europe by increasing its presence to a full-time ABCT through rotational units and other enablers.

These exercises reassure our allies and contribute to the deterrence of Russia by demonstrating U.S. commitment to NATO.

It has also been said that North Korea is committed to developing a long range nuclear armed missile that is capable of posing a direct threat to the United States.

I was dismayed by the President's announcement on Tuesday of his plans to close the Guantanamo detention facility.

Madam Chair, we have talked about this privately before, but does the Fed still use the Phillips rule in a lot of its deliberations?

You want to strengthen it. Is that your basic premise?

Instead of working to strengthen our economy and to bolster the financial system safeguards, some Republicans want to unleash the forces that almost destroyed the economy in the first place.

So talk to me about what needs to be done at the Fed and elsewhere to address long-term unemployment and to foster policies that transform economic growth into growth for hardworking families.

the best way to weaken Dodd-Frank, and it is really kind of the dream of Wall Street to keep this slow walk going.

publicly reporting a strategy helps prevent policymakers from bending under pressure and sacrificing independence.

I believe the Fed should be independent, but I do not think that you are totally independent.