John McCain: “Are you also encouraging the consideration of closing bases overseas?”

If John McCain were here, he'd be saying; Who can we fire? Why is this--this is a pure management problem, it seems to me.

I want to say to all of you that I am so honored to be here to speak before this Committee.

I'm the luckiest guy on earth. I have served America's cause, the cause of our security and the security of our friends, the cause of freedom and equal justice all my adult life.

The National Defense Strategy offers a new framework for thinking about the global challenges we face and that places China squarely at the top of our priority list.