Angus King

It's a serious threat.

On the National Guard side they are going to be gaining Black Hawks, is that correct?

But the basic idea is that the Guard would like to maintain and have its hand in this piece of the combat readiness.

I don't understand. Can you make the argument to me why a National Guard unit needs Apache helicopters?

How long does it take to bring a Guard unit up to combat readiness?

What would be the cost of leaving the National Guard as is and implementing the rest of the plan?

I commend to you, Chairman Levin, the idea of convening us as a group to talk about the solution to sequester.

It is an amazing piece of military equipment.

We're very proud of that shipyard and proud of the work that they are doing.

I think we should take our obligation to meet the caps but to deal with the sequester, as the BCA contemplated in August 2011.

Our obligation is to figure out how to replace the sequester.

I think we have to step back a moment and remind ourselves that the sequester was designed to be stupid.

What are the opportunities and risks associated with this scenario and how do you assess the likelihood that this is how the North Korean regime will eventually end?

How confident are you in the ability of South Korea, the United States, China, and other regional powers to deal with a state collapse scenario in North Korea?

You have just made the point, I think, that the Assad regime is almost wholly dependent, is it not, on the support of Russia and Iran?

I realize that term is weird to hear, but we do have a common enemy, in this case.

I think that it would be a significant accomplishment, sir, and I think it would diminish tensions throughout.

If the Afghan Security Forces continue to progress--I do not think the Taliban can defeat the Afghan Security Forces.

How do we get it through to Maliki that he has to stop suppressing the Sunnis or he, in fact, is creating an al Qaeda opportunity in places like Fallujah?

I would suggest, gentlemen, that we all need to collectively be thinking about this, because if you kill one, and two come back, that's an endless task.

But, do we have any analysis of why people are joining these organizations, why young people are joining them, why they are getting people?

I want some larger thinking than just military drone strikes and other options of that nature.

I think the next Pearl Harbor is going to be cyber, and I certainly hope that we're going to be prepared, better prepared, than we were in 1941.

I think it's time that Congress acted.

I want to associate myself with the comments of Senator McCain.