Another issue that is of significant importance from the standpoint of the tough budget times that we are in right now is the issue of multi-year procurements.

In that executive order, he said we need to have a national strategy for doubling U.S. exports by 2015.

Coalition cohesion has been a source of strength in our campaign, and I am dedicated to ensuring it remains so.

NATO has repeatedly shown itself as a stalwart alliance that will continue to be the premier alliance that faces and addresses the challenges of the 21st Century.

I have a particular interest in POW/MIA issues due to my position as a member of the U.S.-Russia Joint Commission on POW/MIAs.

The U.S.-Pakistan relationship is fundamental to our vital national security interests and will remain so beyond 2014.

Putting advance procurement money in the budget has always seemed the best way to go.

the United States is prepared to trade five Taliban members currently detained at Guantanamo as a confidence-building measure in negotiations with the Taliban.

I was dismayed by the Administration's decision to hand over custody of Hezbollah operative Ali Mussa Daqduq to Iraq last year.

I know I am not alone on this panel in believing that we must continue whatever level of pressure it takes to degrade core al-Qa'ida once and for all.

Last year's successes were no small achievement. They resulted from transformation and improvement in every IC agency.

2011 was a great year for the Intelligence Community, a year when we finally saw the realization of a decade of work to ensure that Osama bin Laden and Anwar al-Awlaki will never again threaten this nation.