John McCain

Congressional authorities are key to successfully sizing and shaping our force.

What lessons-learned from previous efforts to award a tanker contract did the Air Force leverage to structure and conduct a competition here to withstand a high-profile bid protest?

Is it your assessment that the situation has deteriorated to the point where it probably would require more than just a no-fly zone to reverse the momentum that the Gaddafi forces have obtained?

General, I hope you are prepared to give us a little straight talk on what we can do, if necessary, to prevent the massacre that is taking place as we speak.

What is your opinion about the appropriate number of Air Force general officers by grade?

What changes, if any, in training, equipment, and force structure should the Air Force be making now to prepare for these likely contingencies?

I am gratified by the OSD's decision not to approve the Air Force's proposal to execute a multiyear contract in connection with the Advanced Extremely High-Frequency (AEHF) satellite program.

Secretary Donley, now that we have a winner, with a reportedly aggressive bid price, how will the Air Force ensure that the tankers come in at that price?

What lessons-learned does the Air Force intend to apply to similar future procurements?

A massacre is about to take place if the Libyan forces take Benghazi.

I think the American people deserve to know what course of action we are going to take.

What other actions are you taking in response to the panel's findings and recommendations?

Given the fact that Marine Corps units are called upon to serve our country with very little notice, this high rate of degraded levels increases the risk that these units may be deployed in the future without the equipment they need.

The President's 2012 budget requested the projects listed below to be included in the Defense Health Program for fiscal year 2012.

I think it would take upwards of a week to do that.

What we can do and how quickly in order to try to prevent at the 11th hour the fall of Benghazi, which would effectively allow Gaddafi to obtain an overwhelming victory when the President of the United States' stated policy is that Gaddafi…

The current estimate to complete the projects required to achieve world-class facilities at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, MD, is $816 million from fiscal year 2012 through fiscal year 2017.

Do you support the goal to establish world-class medical facilities at Bethesda?

The long-term viability and safe operation of an outlying landing field requires the cooperation of the local community to protect approach zones and accident potential zones through compatible local zoning.

In your professional military opinion, would a no-fly zone over Libya be something that could be done from our ships and bases in the Mediterranean?

In your personal opinion, do you think that Iraq will be able to take over the logistics, intelligence, and air sovereignty missions that U.S. forces have been doing for Iraq by the December 31 deadline for all of our combat troops to…

General Amos, are we being successful in training the ANA and ANP?

Most Taliban are aware of the new timeline just as they were aware of the initial 2011 target date.

Secretary Mabus, why were military construction funds originally planned for fiscal year 2012 to acquire training lands not included in the budget request for 2012?

Your Record of Decision last year related to the environmental impact on Guam did not consider two major issues.