I am very glad to hear about your commitment to a diplomatic solution with North Korea and that we not get bogged down into a long-term conflict there.

Secretary Spencer, what is the overall annual financial cost that the Navy incurs to comply with the current five-year LOA permitting process?

has the Navy's readiness been compromised in any manner due to the current five-year LOA permitting process required by the MMPA?

I think part of the challenge here is that the Air Force does not seem to have a strategic road map for its fighter force.

the central challenge to United States prosperity and security is the reemergence of long-term strategic competition with countries like Russia and China.

The Navy submitted a proposal to the Committee for the fiscal year 2019 NDAA to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

For over 3 years, a Saudi Arabia-led coalition has been bombing Yemen to counter Iranian-backed Houthi militia.

We're frustrated that this administration has not lived up to its responsibility to do something about the Russian cyber action.

What message does it send to Vladimir Putin that the United States has not fully implemented sanctions to counter known Russian cyberattacks?

I am not sure that throwing a small number of U.S. troops in the middle of it is a sustainable, long-term solution.

If the Trump administration doesn't fully implement sanctions, then we're not using every tool we can to effectively deter Russia from undermining democracy in the future.

Russia and the United States still control strategic nuclear arsenals capable of blowing up the world many times over.