Thank you for your service to this country. We are so much in your debt for time after time answering the call.

I want to express my condolences to all the families who have suffered losses in this tragedy; and that we will do everything we can to make sure it never happens again.

How quickly will you become a part of that, and taking a look at that and making that determination?

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?

If we are able to stay on that program, then the Afghan forces have a chance to make this work.

Part of the risk should not be that when they are working next to a contractor.

The challenges that we face with sequestration are great.

I think there is a concern as to how long does this go on before the momentum becomes irreversible.

I think the issues concerning sexual assault are certainly something the IG has to pay more attention to than perhaps the office has in the past.

We want to try to make sure that when we tell our young men and women... that they can expect to be safe.

We lost more servicemembers to suicide last year than we did in combat.

It is an extraordinarily dangerous situation when these parts are used in equipment that protects our soldiers.