I want to thank the committee members for their intense interest in this matter and, equally or perhaps more important, the family members who had the courage to bring this issue to the attention of Congress.

What in the hell is the priority here? Is it to rebuild Tyndall or maybe Offutt, or is it to build 100 miles of fence?

I have been going back and forth on that. I have been trying to visually see how this thing works.

Extraordinary set of questions, most of which are not going to be able to be answered in this setting.

So would you classify a fence in El Paso as more important than getting Offutt, the home of STRATCOM, up and running?

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Who decides that that wall is more important than getting Tyndall Air Force Base back up and operating, which is a key base, and STRATCOM, a key base? A fence is more important? I think not.

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