we clearly need to be spending a lot more on innovation, not incrementally more, not 10 percent more, but on the order of magnitude of 10 times more.

we need an order of magnitude increase in defense spending on innovation.

Force Design 2030 is by far the most aggressive modernization strategy to meet the National Defense Strategy priorities of the next decade.

I voted against the Trump tax cut that provided millions for millionaires at the expense of our national security and ballooned the deficit to epic proportions.

It's hard for me, especially as the co-chair of the Future of Defense Task Force from a couple of years ago, to imagine you not increasing the budget for DIU, given their returns.

information operations is buried in the organizational structure of DOD and many experts feel that our capabilities have been significantly degraded over the past decade.

If the Chinese beat us because they are more willing to invest in autonomous capabilities, we are going to be on the losing side.

Do you think the Navy has adequately resourced it?

The Marine Corps feels that you don't have enough amphibious shipping devoted to this.

I think there haven't been enough leaders like yourself in the Navy who have acknowledged that you really do need to move more quickly.

This seems like a pretty fundamental disagreement if we don't have enough ships.

We don't need to leave Marines stranded on Pacific Islands because we don't have enough shipping.