Joe Lieberman

I know there are more than 60 votes in the U.S. Senate to adopt the defense authorization bill, including the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. The only thing that will stop us is time.

No. I don't think -- after today's hearing, after the report put out by the Pentagon a couple of days ago, there is no legitimate reason for sustaining the don't ask, don't tell policy.

This policy, don't ask, don't tell, is a stain on the honor and values of the American military. And we ought to remove it as quickly as possible.

I think the question that John raised today has been answered in the survey. Not -- two-thirds of the American military, a little more than that, say that they don't think repealing don't ask, don't tell will have any effect on military…

This policy, 'don't ask, don't tell', is a stain on the honor and values of the American military and we ought to remove it as quickly as possible.

I know there are more than 60 votes in the U.S. Senate to adopt the defense authorization bill, including the repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell.' The only thing that will stop us is time and that would be a shame.

I think it is un-American. The basic American value, to me, enshrined in the Declaration of Independence is that we're all created equal.

I think it is un-American.

Thanks, Senator Carper.

Mr. Dodaro is not a newcomer to government.

In the selection process that led to this nomination there was a lot of pushing and pulling and concern about politics.

I think that is a great priority for you to commit yourself to because there is a way that when a high-risk report comes out, the agencies on it suffer some bad publicity for a day, and then for some of them, unless there is a driving…

Are you cooperating and sharing information between CBP and TSA.

You are getting what you need?

I hope you will keep us posted on that.

In this coming budgetary round, if you feel you need more funding support for research and development or grant programs to develop better technology for screening, please do not hesitate to ask us.

Last week, I was in Afghanistan to visit our troops, and I saw a remarkable demonstration of a bomb-sniffing dog there.

I think you are doing the right thing.

Is there somewhere now within your two agencies, within DHS or the intelligence community, and if not, should there be, where we are trying to think like the terrorists?

But if, God forbid, that bomb on Abdulmutallab's body had gone off on the plane over Detroit...

If under the insourcing review DOD determines that a function would more appropriately be performed by Federal employees, or that DOD could achieve savings by insourcing, how does a workforce freeze make sense?

I'd like to ask about your efforts to reduce the Department's reliance on services contracts.

Thanks, to Secretary Gates, for initiating this series of moves, which I support.

I hope that it's now systemic in the thinking within DOD, as well as in the branches of the military, to think in terms of jointness and reduction of stovepipe.

At some point, we are going to come to a vote on the bill and on don't ask, don't tell. I believe a majority of my colleagues in this Chamber--maybe more than that--are going to do what we need to do, which is to repeal don't ask, don't…