Has President Obama explicitly endorsed the Pentagon's plan to send up to 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan?

I just want you to know how much I appreciate your public service to our country.

the principle of strategic dispersal is decades old.

In 2007, I sent letters regarding sexual assault to the Secretaries of Defense and State and the Attorney General.

I personally think that President Rene Preval is really trying. What faces him is...so much corruption.

What weight would you share with the committee that you would give to the professional military judgments of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the CNO, Admirals Mullen and Roughead?

above surface and permanent structures are incompatible with military training

I wrote to Secretary of Defense Gates, requesting that he launch an investigation by the Defense Department's Inspector General.

If you are confirmed to be the Under Secretary for Policy, will you ensure that the Missile Defense Agency and the ballistic missile defense programs of the Department are subject to thorough policy oversight?

I do believe, however, that we will need to ensure that we strike the proper balance between our Nation's energy and national security goals.

If confirmed, I intend to conduct a review of the Air Force's existing agreements with the housing privatization developers.

I think we're going to have to perfect this role, wherever we are projecting United States force in the future.