I would be very careful about, you know, just shutting it down.
No, I would not, I think, at this point in time, support that.
I think it's very important to continue to stress to those countries that they have to continue to invest in their basic security.
I think the Lieberman-Collins bill is one that addresses that, and we support the Congress enacting that in order to try to facilitate that ...
It's important that we recognize the costs that are involved and that, frankly, all of us bear some responsibility to pay those costs if we'...
Sequestration would do this. It could have serious effects on our readiness and disrupt essential programs and contracts.
So if we can do it for wounded warriors, I think we can reach out and do it for others as well that can be part of it.
I think that combination does make clear that they're going to be able to govern and secure themselves at that point.
I think they're very receptive of the strategy that we're proposing and are enthusiastic, certainly about our engagement in the region.
I feel very good about our capabilities in terms of defending our systems with the help of the National Security Agency (NSA) and their grea...
do catastrophic damage to our military, hollowing out the force and degrading its ability to protect the country