Saxby Chambliss

China is developing anti-access and area denial capabilities that may shift the balance of power in the region.

Retiring C-5s should be offered to the CRAF to establish the first ever U.S.-flagged outsized cargo carrier.

I did not vote for the START treaty. One reason I did not is because I was apprehensive about the administration not being able to do what they said they would do on modernization.

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

I want to pick up where both Senator Graham and Senator Begich left off with respect to this issue.

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

Our NATO partners have served with honor and distinction throughout this conflict.

I believe the pace at which we drawdown our troops to our post-2014 force posture is a consideration in our allies' decisionmaking process for their own force levels in Afghanistan.

Pakistan has not taken the action we would like them to take against Afghan-focused extremist groups, including the Haqqani Network.

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.

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

Thanks, Mr. Chairman. Let me echo the sentiments of my colleagues about thanking you and your families for your great commitment and your service to our country, gentlemen.

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.

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

While there is room for and a need for healthy debate of options and alternatives, once official decisions are made the official expression or advocacy of alternate positions must end.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I am particularly interested in how you believe being a member of the JCS will help the DOD and the Nation.

Do you feel those inputs are adequately considered?

I am concerned with the perception of inequity among the Reserve component that could stem from the CNGB membership on the JCS.

I am extremely concerned that if we don't come up with a long-term solution to SGR, that we're going to lose docs like we've never seen before.