Joe Lieberman

I hope before long we will be able to do that there as well.

I think perhaps of all the Arab Spring uprisings, this is the one that has the greatest prospect to succeed, but they need our help to do so.

It actually took quite a while for us to build the political will both here and in Europe to get involved there.

Of course, the goal of their efforts is to defeat the LRA and to presumably capture or kill its leader.

Thank you. Again, Godspeed in the chapters ahead, Admiral.

I hope we can find a way to make clear in Chicago that the door to NATO has not been closed to other nations, particularly I am thinking of Georgia, but there are others as well.

This rebalancing of our foreign and military policy toward the Asia Pacific is not just an initiative on our part in pursuit of our economic and security interests, but it is really a reaction to a kind of demand from within the region…

I worry that as we get this move toward us and urging us to be more involved for mutual economic security, even political governance interests, that we're sending a message out by the cuts in defense that are part of the Budget Control Act…

Let me ask you one follow-on question about the really tragic events in Afghanistan in the last week or so.

I share the consternation that Senator McCain expressed about the excess of rhetoric and deficiency of any real action to assist the opposition in Syria.

I hope we can find ways to add on to what the administration has requested pursuant to the BCA.

The role that America has played in providing stability and security in the Asia-Pacific region over the last 6 decades, as you've said, has been one of the preconditions of the enormous growth and prosperity in the region over that time.

How can the force be prepared to conduct this particular 'primary mission' without the necessary manpower?

While the new Defense Strategic Guidance states that ground forces will not be sized for large-scale stability operations, it also lists 'stability and counterinsurgency operations' as one of the 'primary missions' of the U.S. military.

I believe it is important to note that DOD never actually sized the ground forces for large-scale stability operations.

We strongly support the Lieberman-Collins-Rockefeller legislation, to get us in the proper place in dealing with the cyber threat

Never has there been in my almost 49-year career in intelligence a more complex and interdependent array of challenges than we face today.

The SOF can only be special if there's a conventional force that allows them to conduct their operations and shape the environment.

Is supportive of the bipartisan legislation being introduced by Senators Lieberman and Collins

With all respect, I consider this budget to represent unacceptable risk to our national strategy, and I hope members of this committee across party lines will work together to reduce that risk in a fiscally responsible way.

The U.S. military and our national security are being asked to pay the price for the fiscal irresponsibility of our government over the last decade

I share many of the concerns my colleagues have already expressed concerning the shortfalls in funding and capacity for the modernization of our nuclear weapons.

The nation requires an executable plutonium production strategy to support the deployed force and reduce reliance on the nondeployed stockpile.

While I am extremely confident in today's deterrent force, deferring modernization does increase risk across the nuclear enterprise.

DHS has been good to work with. They are growing their capabilities.