John McCain

I think we have a responsibility, frankly, representing the Senate here, as just a committee of the Senate, in insisting on these documents.

But, as I think you may know, Mr. Secretary, we won't quit, and there's lots more to come.

Again, it's very unfortunate, particularly in light of all the investigations that are going on, that you and the Secretary of Defense will not allow the Senate Armed Services Committee to exercise its oversight duties by having access to…

Unfortunately, we haven't seen a single thing done by the United States Air Force to correct this kind of situation, which evolved in a most scandalous fashion.

I've never seen, in 22 years in the United States Navy and now 22 years in Congress, anything like the deal that you tried to pull off.

We will continue to try to save the taxpayers $5 billion or $6 billion, which would have happened if we hadn't had the right kind of intervention.

You have to put pressure on Mr. Wynne in order to get this deal expedited.

Well, of course, e-mails that we receive from Boeing clearly indicated that you intended to lease as many as 300 tanker aircraft----

So they haven't even begun the analysis of alternatives.

That's not what the e-mails indicate, but we'll--hopefully we'll get to the bottom of that sooner or later.

This Senator strongly supports the President's budget, at the level of $401.7 billion for defense.

An argument could be made that designing a new destroyer is not the most cost-effective way to bring the Navy's fleet of ships into the 21st century.

Admiral Clark, how is the Navy progressing in selecting a hull design for the DD(X) and what are some of the dilemmas that you are facing?

Will your continued underfunding of this requirement not drive us toward a hollow force?

General Jumper, with the large Air Force investment in stealth technology on aircraft and other weapons such as JASSM, why would the Air Force choose to develop a non-stealth weapon that cannot be carried inside the bay of the Joint Strike…

General Jumper, we understand that in recent conflicts, enemy air defenses have not been very capable. However, in future conflicts that is likely to change. How much does WCMD-ER decrease the survivability of the aircraft compared to…

General Jumper, have you conducted a business case analysis which shows a clear cost-benefit advantage to the DOD (not the USAF) to pursue WCMD-ER over JSOW-A, which includes development and integration costs?

General Jumper, can you explain why the BLU-97 submunition unexploded ordnance hazard issue does not make the existing submunitions inventory obsolete?

General Jumper, how does the Air Force plan to deal with the unexploded ordnance issue for the BLU-97 sub-munitions in WCMD and WCMD-ER?

General Jumper, given the Navy's success with the JSOW in OIF, how can you justify the risk of weapon development when an existing joint program is established and already integrated on multiple platforms?

General Schoomaker, you have directed a 'blank sheet approach' to determine the 'real' requirement for munitions.

General Jumper, why has the Air Force chosen to leave a joint program after development is complete?

I would like you to discuss the implementation of the 18-18-18 plan that Senator Bayh and I included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.

Does it not make sense to employ the 18-18-18 National Call to Service (NCS) Act to augment the required end strength you are pursuing?

I was recently contacted by the father of a constituent who expressed concern that his son is being redeployed to Iraq.