My sense on this is it would be lunacy from the perspective of America's national security to be decreasing even one combat soldier.

Thank you, Senator Manchin, for filling in for me while I was absent.

But it is being used by the Marine Corps and Special Operations Forces. What capabilities does this commercially available alternative lack that the Marine Corps does not need that the Army needs?

In the post-Cold War era, as the information technology revolution has taken over, we have to rethink the wisdom of trying to create these systems in the Federal Government rather than using commercially available, off-the-shelf systems.

Mr. President, I speak for the first time from the Senate floor with a simple message: The world is growing ever more dangerous and our defense spending is wholly inadequate to confront the danger. To be exact: During the last four or five…

So, by 'pull back,' do we mean there are still Shiite militias, like the Badr organization or even Iranian forces from Quds Force, in the vicinity of Tikrit?

Do you consider Yemen a success story today?

Do we know the whereabouts of Qasem Suleimani?

Do you believe Yemen is a success story today?

Thank you, gentlemen, for all your service and for the men and women who sit behind you, not just on behalf of all the troops you represent, but you, personally.

There's a Breaking News Alert from the Associated Press, General Austin, that Egypt and Saudi Arabia have begun a ground incursion into Yemen.