Howard P. McKeon: “One injury, one illness or one death on the job is one too many.”

The QDR is meant to be a useful tool for Congress to understand the longer-term strategic challenges and opportunities facing the Department.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

As a Californian, I have long understood the importance of the Asia-Pacific region to trade and our economic well-being, and that security underpins progress in the region.

If it only leads to a justification of programs in the budget, then both the Department and Congress have lost a major opportunity.