I have to say that I am astounded that the Navy, upon whose assessments we rely in making decisions...

if we do not deal with the Budget Control Act, we will end up cutting, not increasing, the size of the Navy.

We have to recognize that the Budget Control Act is looming in the background and will have to be dealt with.

The investigation into this tragedy should guide our decisions going forward to prevent these kinds of tragedies and to provide support for our sailors and Marines.

Long-term, I think we need to recognize we can't continue to rely entirely on fossil fuels.

If you wanted to move faster toward that kind of reliance on alternatives and renewables because we care about things like climate change.

The number one consumer of fossil fuels in the country and maybe the world is the Department of Defense.

My thoughts, our thoughts, are with the families of the 15 Marines and one sailor who lost their lives in service to our country.

Why did we allow this to happen?

I think it is important, since the need is great, that the kind of contracts you have will enable the Indian Health Services and the Native Hawaiian Health Services to continue to be a part of the providing of services.

Do you feel pretty confident that we will not let this program lapse? Because otherwise you have to have a Plan B.