I don't have any indication of that, but just a general concern that perhaps their security is not sufficient for them to be able to self-govern.

IMET is a very important part of what I would hope to be our outreach to the world in a way that makes good sense.

The next generation tanker contract has been awarded, and I congratulate you on that.

Hopefully, the NATO support would extend to providing help for the sustainability into the future because until we secure the country, a political solution is going to be very difficult.

I believe right now that President Karzai may actually be in a better position on this than the political leadership in Pakistan.

I can say it in 1 minute. Why do we not want to savage the FAA budget, cutting millions and millions, to go back to the 2008 level? Simply this: It is the safety of the flying public. The airways are getting more crowded. The delays on the…

I think the importance of the role that the Guard has now taken is something that needs to be at the table all the time.

It is very clear that our enthusiasm for cyber and for the benefits that we receive from being able to transmit information... has gotten us a little ahead of ourselves.

We didn't build the firewalls that we would ordinarily build in the transfer and transmittal of information.

You will inherit 10 years of war, budget belt-tightening, and two wars winding down, if confirmed.

If we don't do that, then I am in favor of going back to vaults and paper and the old way of doing things...

Self-defense and self-governance go hand-in-glove.