John McCain: “It is time to immediately halt U.S. troop withdrawals and eliminate any target date for withdrawal.”

As stressed in the newly released National Defense Strategy, Russia and other adversaries have mastered the art of conducting a systematic aggression against the United States.

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

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.

The Senate Armed Services Committee has the opportunity to conduct the kind of oversight that will help the Department correct course.