I want to thank you both for your emphasis on the importance of the effect of sequestration on your commands and on your ability to carry out your responsibilities.
When the proxy forces run into trouble, Russian forces step in to right the balance.
Putin does understand weakness, and takes advantage of it.
This government spends over $70 billion a year on intelligence. And I hate hearing the word 'surprise' in any hearing.
There is no low-hanging fruit. There is no easy solution to it.
By definition, a contingency account is not a contingency account if you are spending it for base budget purposes.
I think it would be a tragedy if we pull our forces out of there prematurely.
Clearly that is where we are. All the testimony both in the Intelligence Committee and Armed Services has been from prof...
I think it is, as we think about deterrence.
If you do this to us, you will pay a price?
Inaction is also an action, and the Russians will react to it.