Bill Nelson

I clearly support the vision of eventually passing to them the responsibility of going to and from LEO.

I want the record to reflect that several predecessors ago of General O'Reilly, General Kadish testified to this committee--and this is years ago--that the chemical Airborne Laser by the time that he testified was going to be ready within…

Secretary Miller, with the Czech Republic we're going to have some form of shared missile launch information.

Let me ask Dr. Gilmore. In your prepared testimony, you stated, talking about the Airborne Laser: 'The engagement was not an operational test conducted under operationally realistic conditions.'

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If you are as successful as you have been, certainly in Iraq and, we hope, in Afghanistan, and now in our relations through the Pakistani Government, that they are successful, too--but if young men are led astray as to what the Koran…

I'm especially proud that both of you reside in my State, in the wonderful area of Tampa.

All right, you take a country like Saudi Arabia, they can deal with the radicalization problems by going to the tribes, which is the family of the young fellow that's been radicalized, and work at it that way.

What are your greatest security concerns in Haiti post-earthquake i.e. drug trafficking, gangs, general instability?

What will be the biggest challenge as we draw down U.S. forces in Haiti?

General Fraser, are you satisfied that our civilian agencies will pick up the slack on the humanitarian operations--including the security of food distribution--when the U.S. military departs?

With the rainy season officially beginning on April 15, what are we doing to help internally displaced Haitians in and around Port-au-Prince with shelter and sanitation?

Well, what advice should I give to the head of USAID tomorrow? What questions should I ask in our hearing tomorrow that would get around USAID...

Tomorrow in our Emerging Threats Subcommittee we're going to look at the comprehensive way that the military, integrating with the civilian agencies, can best project U.S. power and interests.

I was not very satisfied when we had the Assistant Secretary of Defense, Ms. Flournoy, come to talk to us about the policy.

There has to be a holistic approach.

I will continue to protect so that you don't have the invasions there so that you can't test, train, and drop live ordnance.

The wisest man in the world, King Solomon, faced the problem of who a baby's parent was between two women that said the baby was theirs.

Well, we want to keep talking to you about that. Since this seems to be such an effective device, if it's ready to be funded we want to try to provide that for you.

It's clear to you that there is capability at Tyndall.

I would just add my comments on JSTARS, and I'd like to be kept in the loop...

I want the record to reflect that.

The decision has been made for the purposes of securing the national defense.

Therefore, I would like the record to reflect that that was a matter that we took care of in the defense appropriations bill for this current fiscal year.

Florida has always been a second port and the Atlantic fleet of carriers has always been dispersed.