The reality is that we do have this significant deficit problem and it is going to be addressed one way or another.

The reality in this Congress is that we are going to appropriate--I believe, going to end up appropriating less than what that budget asks for.

Just this morning, though, we had four Cubans who were able to voice what they perceived as a threat.

Do you have a similar system in place?

Where are you in that process? And where do you rank? We all know the Air Force has the best facilities, including golf courses.

I mean, it's easy to look at the negative side of this--what's happening and say woe is us, and what's going to happen? There's also potentially a great upside to all this.

My only plea is let's not take a cleaver to it. Let's try to be as surgical as possible in figuring out what is really in America's national security interests, how we prioritize.

So the question is, at a time of limited resources, how do we begin to address some of the kinds of engagement that can help promote a more peaceful, stable democratic type of Middle East?

What's happening in the Middle East, I think, has all of us raising questions about something I guess we didn't think we would see in our lifetime.

the reality is that we do have this significant deficit problem and it is going to be addressed one way or another.

we are building this agency, and that takes investments and resources.