John McCain

I am a little concerned that the Navy is going to face a problem training new aviators over the next couple of years.

What is being done to ensure that there are an adequate number of junior aviators?

The biggest strength of our military is the men and women who serve.

The United States will have a major presence in Iraq and Afghanistan for the foreseeable future.

I am concerned about the retention problems that may arise in the near future due to this reliance.

Why is future end strength considered an emergency-spending request?

Why does your budget not reflect this?

Do you plan on relying on supplemental spending bills for the next 4 years to pay for this increase?

Will the administration continue to oppose legislative efforts by Congress to increase end strength?

General Schoomaker, please provide a copy of both the May 31, 2003, and the final version of the FCSs 'other transaction authorization' agreement.

General Schoomaker, did Army Acquisition Chief Claude Bolton, at any time, convey CommerceBasix' analysis, or any information regarding this analysis, to Boeing?

General Schoomaker, an independent assessment of the Future Combat Systems (FCSs) 'other transaction authority' agreement...

General Schoomaker, to what extent have you evaluated the Army's legal and financial risks associated with the final 'other transaction authority' agreement with Boeing?

I am perplexed about a situation dealing with base security forces.

Why are you using Army guardsmen and reservists to provide gate guard and base security force protection?

Why are Army and National Guard service members guarding Air Force bases?

General Jumper, from the Air Force's statement, am I to understand that it is your intention to fund the lease of up to 20 tankers by reprogramming from other systems?

There is only a negligible amount of funds in the fiscal year 2005 budget that falls under the tanker lease heading, and no funds to actually lease aircraft.

I think what it does is it increases the size of the deficit and again deceives the American people about the size of the deficit and the debt that we are incurring per household.

This is probably the largest percentage of guardsmen and reservists in a combat situation in history.

I continue to disagree with the assertion made by the Secretary of Defense that we will not have significant impact on retention of guardsmen and reservists.

In my opinion, there is no doubt that a very dangerous threat has been removed.

America is proud of you.

It seems to me that the need for a 'pause' prompted by the OIG's assessment applies with equal if not greater force to the Justice Department's investigation.

Where are we with regard to each project? Specifically, who is conducting them? When will each be completed?