As a former Member of the House for 16 years, I really do believe that Congress must be a full partner in our efforts to protect the country.
We will look to procurement reforms and improve competition, cost control and delivery when examining modernization operating costs.
I am hopeful we can have bipartisan agreement on that.
Come up with the decisions that should be made, frankly, on the two-thirds of the budget that is still yet to be considered for deficit redu...
I want to close by cautioning strongly against further cuts to defense, and for that matter, to other discretionary accounts.
Innovation is instrumental to the future of our joint force. We've expanded many of our--what we refer to in years past as low-density capab...
If the Members of Congress would be willing to engage in the same kind of sacrifice, then I think they will have earned the right to represe...
Our men and women are out there putting their lives on the line in order to defend our democracy.
We have got to look at the threats that are out there.
I view that as a very important benefit for the families that are out there.
I am not sure about a military buildup at this point.