Our goal is to complete all of the transition to a training, advisory, and assistance role in 2013.
This is a problem that I worry about a great deal.
Let me be clear. You can't take a half a trillion dollars out of the defense budget and not incur additional risks.
At some point, Congress and the President have to address that larger issue.
That Strait is extremely important to free commerce and to shipping and to the shipping lanes.
this is an area of the budget that's grown by 90 percent, and it consumes now close to half of the defense budget.
We will not tolerate an Iran that develops a nuclear weapon.
I think, just to your comment, we have tried to step up to the plate and do our duty here.
We are convinced that it would result in hollowing out the force and inflicting severe damage to our national defense.
Sequestration has this, frankly, mindless formula that's already built into it, that basically cuts across the board.
I understand that, and that does have some impact.