John McCain

I support the Secretary's decision to eliminate the second engine for the Joint Strike Fighter.

I want to emphasize that the intent of this effort is not to reduce the Department's top line, but to find savings over the Future Years Defense Program.

I strongly support his efforts in doing everything possible to make every taxpayer dollar count.

Are you also encouraging the consideration of closing bases overseas?

In past years, these reset costs have been covered in supplemental appropriations requests to provide our combat forces with the equipment and training needed to restore readiness.

One proposal the Secretary's recommended is the elimination of JFCOM. I strongly support that proposal.

The Special Inspector General over Afghanistan should be fired, today.

I think that's really one of the biggest problems, here. I'm glad we're going to fixed-price incentive contracts. But, if there's only one major defense corporation competing--I don't know the answer, but I really do believe that that's a…

We obviously cannot afford to shortchange our military, and we must maintain commitments to a Defense budget that supports the full range of our national security commitments.

But, there's no doubt that it is growing in dramatic fashion.

I think it would be helpful to us, and maybe motivate some kind of action, if you showed us how dramatic that growth has been.

Don't you think one of the fundamental problems that we're facing here is the consolidation of defense industries, which has really led to a virtual lack of competition?

No, we're not going to pay that. We should pay something that is less than that. We should manage to a better result.

We can't continue down that path. It's just not affordable and the American people deserve better.

On September 23, 2010, the Secretary of Defense directed U.S. Forces Korea and the Services to proceed with full tour normalization for Korea.

Border communities in Arizona will continue to be strained by the millions of dollars in costs they must absorb to the state of border security.

That is not a good answer.

In fact, they are more worried than they have ever been.

They have not seen improvement.

ICE proposes new policy that would let illegal immigrants go free.

Human and drug smuggling rings continue to thrive in Arizona, crossing our border and using our elite cities as major hubs to transport crossers throughout the country.

Things are not improving at all, Secretary Napolitano.

He is a governor. He always has the ability, in a way, to bring up National Guard if he is willing to pay for them.

You do agree that there has been a dramatic increase in violence in Mexico in all areas...

If the United States captures a terrorist tomorrow outside the U.S., Iraq, or Afghanistan, where would we detain that person for purposes of interrogation?