the truly dark edge of the spectrum is WMD and the proliferation of these weapons.

Do you note any progress in either protecting troops on the ground or stopping the Pakistani sources of the fertilizer and other components of the bombs?

that basic ambition is still there; you would agree with that?

In the U.S. military, in DOD over the last 5 years, there have been five sexual assault cases where a convening authority has reversed the decision.

You've referred to it, I think, as the greatest single illegal transfer of wealth in the history of the world.

the ability to move 10 tons of cocaine in a mini-sub, if you have that ability you can also move a nuclear device.

Given all these moving pieces, what are the necessary infrastructure projects that will facilitate a seamless changeover in aircraft type?

I want to thank you all for your very helpful testimony and for your extraordinary service to our Nation.

I agree with you that our civilian law enforcement authorities... now has been outgunned and outmanned and outresourced by those criminal networks.

I want to turn now to an area that I think is very important to our national security: our submarine building program.

I am concerned as much about the threat that North Korea poses in terms of nuclear proliferation over the long-term as the immediate tension and potential threat in the short-term.

I personally feel that approach is critical to our Nation's security.

Thank each of you for your service and most especially the service of the extraordinary men and women under your command.

I commend you for being so forthcoming to many of us in your efforts to combat sexual assault in the Air Force.

I think the thing that all of this illicit activity has in common, whether it's people, drugs, money, or weapons--is this complex criminal network that has grown in size, capacity, ruthlessness, and the ability to find the vulnerabilities…

I think that Iran would be greatly advantaged if North Korea helps them.

Isn't it a fact that Iran would be greatly disadvantaged if North Korea were not helping it?

I want to commend the Air Force on a very well-structured request for proposal (RFP) that emphasized the best capability and the lowest operating cost for the taxpayers.

I think it is a weapon that the enemy will continue to use. It's cheap, it's inexpensive, and it gets them the effect that they want.

the sooner the better that we reverse these cuts so as to avoid the lasting damage to our national security.

I think the BRAC process has shown itself to be cost-ineffective rather than a means of saving money.

China is, I think de facto, the only real, so to speak, ally that North Korea would have.

Don't we need to continue our sub-building program at the rate we are now of two-a-year to keep pace with what's happening in the rest of the world?

putting people away, putting them in prison, giving harsh, significant, but fair punishment.

the way to get more reporting, the way to make this system more effective, the way to give confidence to the men and women under your command, is to increase the conviction rates.