What do you think is the growing influence of China in South America?

I do not see, from my study, that there is a military threat from that influence.

The most significant strategic advantage offered by the development of an additional east coast nuclear-powered aircraft carrier homeport is a hedge against a catastrophic event.

the Navy should have two carrier-capable homeports on each coast.

I would like to work with DOD to devise a plan to eliminate the offset over time; it is the least we can do for the widows, widowers, and orphans of our servicemembers.

untold numbers of sexual assaults have been committed in Iraq and Afghanistan by executive branch contractors and employees.

If confirmed, I intend to undertake a review of the Army and Navy housing privatization procedures and take full advantage of best practices.

for the future threat of an Iranian missile with a nuclear warhead against Europe, that, in the foreseeable future, our Standard Missile-3, and on ships placed in the Mediterranean, the Aegis system, and then upgraded over time, could take…

I would ask, in addition, I already requested that the chart be entered as well as the two photographs in the record...

Neither the Navy nor the Nation nor its citizens can wait for a catastrophic event to occur before recognizing the potential impacts of such an event.

Full funding of BRAC 2005 is imperative because the Services must build infrastructure to support the mandated force movements.

I believe that maintaining and enhancing installation infrastructure to carry out the Air Force mission in the most efficient and cost-effective manner should always be a priority.