John McCain

Secretary Stackley, given uncertain future shipbuilding budgets, why is the Navy taking this risk?

In this fiscal environment, the Navy can ill-afford to inflate future shipbuilding requirements by retiring ships earlier than planned.

Admiral Myers, in your opinion, does the LCS have the capability to adequately meet all expected warfighters' requirements?

A recently leaked draft GAO report notes that the Navy's own analysts have only about 10 percent confidence in the current estimate that it will cost $50.4 billion to operate and support a total of 52 LCSs over their 25-year service lives.

How will maintaining these ships in the fleet beyond 2014 affect the Navy's shipbuilding plan?

Secretary Stackley, does the Navy intend to down select to a single LCS design in fiscal year 2016? If not, why not?

The launch for CVN-78 has been delayed from July 2013 to November 2013 and even then will only be 70 percent construction complete.

The President's budget request for 2014 includes a legislative proposal to raise the cost cap for the first Ford-class aircraft carrier (CVN-78) from $11.8 billion to $12.9 billion.

The policy toward Egypt is to promote a nonviolent, peaceful transition to a democratic----

But you are not answering my question. Do you think 6 months is sufficient time to either conclude or not to conclude an agreement between the United States and Iran?

Have you seen that constitution which enshrines the role of the military immune from any other institution?

Is there anything that makes you inclined to believe that when Bashar Assad is clearly winning that there is going to be a 'political solution?'

Do you believe that we are in compliance with the law?

There are concerns about recent developments in Egypt, particularly the treatment of protestors.

I urge my colleagues to support his nomination as well.

I do not quite understand your statement because there was just announced that Peru had passed Colombia as No. 1, and you are saying that they are making improvements.

But if they are still No. 1 in the hemisphere, I am not impressed by signs of progress.

I am sure you will serve our Nation with honor and distinction.

Peru has rededicated itself under President Humala to deal with the issue of illicit coca cultivation.

I think you have your work cut out for you, and thank you for your willingness to serve.

Well, I think you would have done a great job, Ambassador.

Their military structure is extremely limited maritime-wise and surveillance-wise.

I think these four people's human rights were abused. Would you agree?

Would you agree that their human rights, their rights as citizens, were abused?

I do not think you get democracy in half the population living below 88 cents a day.