I think that's a very important region of the world, and will be, for the foreseeable future, and I am advocate of a forward presence there.

I am concerned that DOD has redirected money originally planned for F-35 purchases to buy significantly less-capable fourth generation F-18s.

I rise to join my colleagues from both sides of the aisle today to mark the 100th birthday of former President Ronald Reagan. It is fitting that this is a bipartisan tribute. After all, Reagan had been a Democrat, then a Republican, in his…

I appreciate, as a member of this Committee, particularly on the minority side, the way that you have conducted yourself as Chairman.

As part of our oversight duty we need to make sure that we are asking the hard and tough questions of the community.

A big part of your new job will be to make sure that our intelligence community collectors and analysts live up to this task.

We're going to have a lot of lessons learned--or at least the opportunity to have a lot of lessons learned at the conclusion of this process.

I rise today to urge my colleagues to repeal this highly unpopular health care law. Here is what repealing this health care bill will mean to Georgians. First of all, the Federal Government will not be required to spend $8,470 on health…

We have got a program that's working within the military. It's been very effective, very accommodating for about 15, 16 years now. And it's worked well. And I think there's no reason to change it.

We've got a program that's working within the military. It's been very effective, very accommodating for about 15, 16 years now. And it's worked well. And I think there's no reason to change it.

I rise to comment on a provision in the fiscal year 2011 NDAA which the Senate passed today. Section 635 of H.R. 6523, The Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011, contains a sense of Congress concerning age and…

I rise in support of the Risch amendment. The distinguished Senator from Massachusetts just helped make the case as to why this amendment is so important. In every hearing we have had in Armed Services and Intelligence, every conversation…