"How critical a focus is that going to be for you as you move into this position?"
"How quickly will you become a part of that, and taking a look at that and making that determination?"
"I think it was important for you to let everyone know that there can be no nuclear Iran, that there are lines that cannot be crossed, and we will stand up and defend our friends and the entire world i..."
"The personnel costs are quickly escalating to the point where they are not sustainable."
"We have to look to ways to fund our military better, to lessen the pain of sequestration."
"Thank you for your service to the country, and to the families, thank you for coming up here today."
"We need to optimize across the total force."
"Who would ever report that that happened to them if they knew that kind of treatment awaited them by making that report and trying to protect their dignity?"
"Any efforts and emphasis you can put on this, I think, is critical to our national security."
"I have introduced the Jacob Saxton Military Suicide Prevention Act, and it seeks to improve identification of servicemembers at risk."
"Obviously, we were not willing to sit still for that kind of thing."