If we can't reach a final agreement in negotiations by July 20 . . . conditions will never go back to the past. The sanctions regime has been broken.

What happens if sequestration returns in 2016? If you could be specific.

Our Chief and our Secretary have testified over and over that we cannot go back to a strategic reserve for our National Guard.

I just hope that Congress can rectify what has happened with the decrease in the budgets.

By allowing sequestration to go into effect in 2013, Congress created the largest single challenge and risk to the readiness of our military in many, many decades.

I think this indeed presents a grim picture.

By what percentage does the Army plan to reduce its depot maintenance workforce in FY15? What is the risk?

How was the analytically based workforce-to-workload review conducted that was designed to preserve mission essential skills and capabilities that suggested the proposed reductions in depot maintenance personnel in the Army?

What percentage of reset dollars do you expect to allocate to organic depots? How much of that workload is core?

In calculating core, the military services have increasingly placed an emphasis on minimum capabilities; however, the statute also requires efficient operations.

In light of section 832 of the FY12 NDAA (Public Law 112-81), regarding the assessment, management, and control of O&S costs for major weapon systems.