John McCain

The threats confronting our security, our interests, and our ideals are growing not diminishing.

This is an issue that really is of some great importance from a national security standpoint.

One of the major domestic challenges we face is the flow of illegal drugs into this country.

So our answer then is not to provide them with arms or means to defend themselves? It is better to use diplomatic and economic measures.

I am very disappointed in your answers.

This unresponsiveness cannot continue.

The only practical effect that the Annan Plan is having at this point is to provide diplomatic cover for Assad to kill more people.

Al Qaeda is becoming more decentralized, and its affiliates... are growing stronger.

What this will mean for the Active and Reserve component mix, particularly within the Air Force, and how in this context the National Guard will maintain desired readiness are open questions.

You think it is stabilized when the vice president of the country has to go to Erbil because of the threat of being arrested, that Maliki is greeted in Tehran with full honors, that there is exacerbated relations.

What is obvious and indisputable is that the Kofi Annan Plan has failed.

Iran continues to threaten the stability across the Middle East through its hostile actions.

In my view, this has been an utter disaster.

In my view, this has been an utter disaster.

I would like to review a few of them with you.

What confidence do you have in the Army's ability to effectively assess the technological risks associated with the maturity of weapons systems?

Requirements stability is essential to our ability to plan and execute designs and produce vehicle capabilities within schedule and budget constraints.

Production decisions will not be made prior to the prototyping and testing of these vehicles.

General Mattis recently told this committee that Assad has the momentum on the ground in Syria.

I can guarantee you nobody in the Middle East believes that. I can guarantee you that this is a shameful situation where these people are being slaughtered.

We should not have to learn about major policy decisions through the public media.

Mr. Kendall, if confirmed, would you make it a priority to review the benefits of each of these programs?

Mr. Kendall, do you support the Secretary of the Navy's investments in the Great Green Fleet by 2016?

The Defense Production Act Title III authority, the Industrial Base Innovation Fund (IBIF), and the Manufacturing Technology Program are three such resources to support critical capabilities that are at risk.

Mr. Kendall, how is a requirement that may take 6 years to obtain considered near-term or urgent?