Now, what about the F-22s? They were at Kadena going to be sent back to the United States and that was a plan that was in process until all of this bellicosity started by the Korean young leader.

I think I can manage that with the resources we have. But we are beginning to create a readiness problem if we don't resolve the CR and/or have an opportunity to manage the sequestration money.

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 directed the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to optimize the use of strategic ports.

If we get out of our ideological stances here on both sides of Capitol Hill, we can get rid of the sequestration going forward.

Is this being applied now to the contractor personnel as well as the military?

What about the Brits? What about the French? Do they have the capabilities of stopping a rogue cyber attack from coming in and suddenly messing up their command and control?

I wish you would look into the fact that your contract could compel contractor training.

General Alexander knows everything about everything.

How will you ensure that the National Guard Pilots are ready to fly when they have to scramble to intercept an enemy aircraft?

I appreciate that, and that is assuring, even though we might have a cyber attack that would take out electric grids.

It seems that on the one hand, we have Assad, and on the other hand, we have a group that's fighting Assad that increasingly--al Nasra, which is in bed with al Qaeda--is trying to take over.

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