I hope you all will take a look at spreading the opportunity around, because there are a lot of small businesses all over the country who could provide the kind of innovation that you are seeking.

Would a reduction in funding to the State and USAID make your job easier or make your job harder?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank both of our witnesses for your service.

There are no legal requirements that President Obama's successors adhere to the same rules.

I think that is a really good idea, although we have a lot of innovators and idea folks all over the country, also in Hawaii.

The relationship to the State Department is indescribably critical.

do you think that we as a country are relying too heavily on the Special Ops forces to handle too many missions?

We need to do that for everybody to come together.

Cyber is a high-demand/low-density capability, just like ISR, just like SOF, just like ballistic missile defense.

the congressional armed services committees have brought about many acquisition improvements to the DOD acquisition process

We all know that Russia interfered with our elections.