"Thank you, General Petraeus, for that continuing effort at oversight. It's very important to this committee."
"You have worked for years on behalf of our service men and women to provide them with what they need to protect our Nation, while also ensuring proper oversight to protect the interests of taxpayers."
"General O'Reilly, are you committed to establishing these baselines and providing them to Congress, as well as to the MDEB and to GAO?"
"I agree that this 'fly-before-you-buy' approach is correct."
"Do you agree that such cooperation with Russia would send a powerful signal to Iran that we are united against their threatening policies and programs?"
"There have been some concerns expressed by critics that the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) constrains our BMD program."
"Secretary Miller, is DOD still planning to meet the President's 2015 schedule for Phase II?"
"Is it correct that DOD needs this Aegis Ashore Test Facility authorized now, in order to permit the testing that is needed to maintain the President's schedule for Phase II of the PAA to missile defen..."
"the decision of the President to set that July 2011 date to begin to reduce the presence of American forces"
"The rotational deployment of a Patriot training battery is still on track."
"This has been a troubled program, obviously. The Senate has been deeply involved in trying to get this back on track."