I like the idea of the Select Committee on Cybersecurity.

We know that this is a part of their foreign policy strategy in terms of elections.

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Isn't that what OCO [overseas contingency operations] was all about?

I am a great believer that structure is policy. If you have a messy structure, you end up with a messy policy.

So basically what you're saying is if you don't have additional funding over and above what you had for last year, you'd run out of money and that's why you'd have to ground those squadrons.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I want to emphasize on a timely basis--while protecting our taxpayers' dollars.

I want to emphasize dominate--near-peer adversaries across the full spectrum of military operations.

I think that is very important that we do not forget those lessons, that they are embedded somehow in the formal process and in the structure.

What about that as an option?

Now, has the Army made institutional structural changes to deal with these issues?

Resources are never unlimited, and the Air Force must make investments based on near-term risks as well as future threats.

Too many defensive acquisition programs over-promise and under-deliver on cost and schedule.

But you feel at this point the contract and the development is on track?

Eighty percent solutions instead of 100 percent.

The pointed language in your written statement that our Army is rapidly reaching a point where we will be outgunned, outranged, and outdated.

I hesitate to speculate how a jet airplane would fly if Congress was in the driver's seat, the pilot's seat.

So part of the problem with a continuing resolution is predictability and maintaining your acquisitions and maintaining the industrial base.

Another opportunity--and I hate to raise the word 'joint' because it does not have a very good history in military procurement.

But I would also add to that list of items the process itself as it relates to their ability to interact with the Pentagon.

Where did it break down?

I just commend that to you. I would suggest a summit meeting in San Jose about what are the issues and how do we improve this program.

I commend--again, we've got to think very creatively about how we fill this shortfall.

It's been very illuminating, and we look forward to working with you.