Joe Lieberman

There's unfortunately a natural coming together. It seems almost inevitable that if somebody wants to do us damage in the United States...

I think we're not giving the command the assets you need to get the job done that we want you to do.

Yes. So my concern is--and you illustrate it--that there's tremendous demand in a lot of sections of the world for our maritime capabilities.

We're acting in the context of a new defense strategic guidance which calls for a rebalancing toward the Asia Pacific, although not ignoring the Middle East.

The Army is emphasizing that it is undertaking precautions to ensure that the reductions in end strength are reversible.

Why won't the ground force be sized to conduct one of its primary missions?

General Odierno, where might they be assigned and what would they be doing?

Posturing overseas allows the United States to maintain its strong leadership role throughout the world.

This budget takes on an unacceptable degree of risk for our national security.

I question the notion of the rebalancing of our forces from the Middle East to Asia Pacific.

Thanks to both of you for your service and your leadership.

I still believe that. We're going through a rough time now, as Senator McCain pointed out, inside the Iraqi Government.

Reduced commitments will allow the Army to achieve a 1:2 BOG:Dwell ratio for Active units, and 1:4 BOG:Dwell ratio for Reserve units.

General Odierno, I understand that the Army hopes to facilitate reversibility by retaining more field-grade officers and mid-grade NCOs than it would otherwise need.

I am concerned about the speed and depth of the reductions in ground force end strength envisioned in the fiscal year 2013 budget request.

I welcome and endorse Air Force efforts to rapidly integrate the new Enhanced Land/Maritime Mode (ELMM) capability onto the JSTARS platform.

I think it is so profoundly important that we find the right way forward, because our greatest asset is the people, the men and women who serve and sacrifice for us.

Is all this activity in the region by Iran evidence that they really have hegemonic ambitions?

I think it is of much of our concern these days.

I'm generally sympathetic to the argument that Senator McCain just described, that the international community, for reasons that are both humanitarian and strategic, really just can't sit back any longer and watch Assad do what he's doing.

I think we forget about that sometimes, as we continue to uncover the atrocities that were conducted under that regime.

I think they can have an impact on the region. I think they can be a stabilizing factor in the long term.

I hope we can help organize something, but I gather that the Saudis and Qataris are now actively thinking about at least supplying some weapons to the Syrian opposition.

I have been really impressed by the transition they made. They had a good interim government. They held open, free, and fair elections.

General Ham, I wanted to come back to the LRA.