Lloyd Austin: “Sequestration will significantly increase the risk to readiness and ongoing missions in the CENTCOM AOR.”

We are asking you for 4.5 percent pay raise in this budget request

If I’m privileged enough to be confirmed, I can pledge to you that I’ll be mindful, not only of the legal requirements that govern my conduct but also of the appearances to ensure that the public has no reason to question my impartiality.

This decision to supply these mines was essentially a reflection of a change in tactics by the Russians.

We owe it to the members of the community to ensure that we do in fact do this.