the principle of strategic dispersal is decades old.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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