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 the basic idea is that the Guard would like to maintain and have its hand in this piece of the combat readiness.
How long does it take to bring a Guard unit up to combat readiness?
On the National Guard side they are going to be gaining Black Hawks, is that correct?
I don't understand. Can you make the argument to me why a National Guard unit needs Apache helicopters?
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.
I want to associate myself with the comments of Senator McCain.
It is an amazing piece of military equipment.
I think we should take our obligation to meet the caps but to deal with the sequester, as the BCA contemplated in August...
We're very proud of that shipyard and proud of the work that they are doing.