01/14/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"If we do not have the resources to train and equip the force, our soldiers, our young men and women, are the ones who will pay the price, potentially with their lives."
"I have come to one conclusion already and that is, in the whole process, it requires your input in a much more meaningful fashion."
"Compromise and difficult choices will be required to provide sequestration relief for DOD and for other critical national priorities."
"I worry even more about China in terms of a great power competitor."