First, we are still fighting the war in Afghanistan. It is a difficult, complex war, but a winnable war.
Has the world become a safer place? Is the war against terrorists over?
You have to fast-field equipment, and there is a disconnect between the bureaucracy here that doesn't want to let go of the acquisition proc...
We must retrieve our industrial base. It is part and parcel of our national security.
the automatic budget cuts that are proposed by the Joint Committee will badly damage America's national security in the near term and in the...
If we as a government make these cuts, we will deprive the U.S. Navy of a future in the Western Pacific.
I think this Nation has to retrieve its industrial base.
Nations that make things have cash; nations that don't make things borrow cash.
I don't think there is an American breathing who would say that whatever we invested in that effort was worth every penny.
What would you suggest that the role of the committee should be in maximizing those successes and eliminating the deficiencies?
I think there needs to be a major directive on that.