Joe Donnelly

What are you doing now to set the Department up for success in the future?

it's timely urgent right now.

We would also like an explanation... on how you calculate your mental health staffing requirements.

I believe readiness in maintaining the All-Volunteer Force is fundamental to this country.

An air force that does not stay ahead of the technology curve will fail.

Could you provide a comprehensive list of the components of subassemblies that are built or assembled overseas?

Is one of the things that we are checking on the status of our riverine inventory, the quality of it, what shape it is in, maintenance of it, all of those kind of things?

I hope DOD can work with Congress to minimize the risk to our national defense.

What is the top lesson you have learned through the F-35 acquisition process that can inform future major acquisitions across the services?

Things are moving in the right direction. There is progress, but progress is not yet winning.

Are you willing to provide us, you know, as time provides, a classified briefing regarding the threats our airmen are facing?

Fifth generation aircraft provide significant advantages in the contested airspace over the Korean Peninsula.

Are there any barriers to increasing production/capacity at the Indiana lift fan facility?

as you set rates, as you set other things, the importance to our families of the chance to go to work.

We just saw Vladimir Putin talk about the number of troops in Syria that he is supposedly going down now.

As you look at the FYDP and years beyond, do you believe that these plans are manageable?

Secretary Carter, please provide an update on implementation of section 701 of the Carl Levin and Howard P. 'Buck' McKeon National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (P.L. 113-291).

budgetary stability, budgetary predictability is important.

They are a tremendous credit to our country and to the Army.

What is your perspective on conventional prompt global strike transitioning to a program of record and the ideal timing for that transition?

We are going to ship your job to Mexico because you created huge profits for us.

it's not just a policy, but that the policy is executed at the grassroots lever.

NNSA plans to cease operations in Y-12's aged 9212 building by 2025.

We will look at areas like Hawaii. We will look at areas like the east coast or the Atlantic region has gaps that we see in the future based on where the threat goes with both Iran and North Korea.

Miscalculation. The broad answer is miscalculation.