Mr. Chairman, I want to amend my answer.

I congratulate you. I think you are well on the way with your bill that you are introducing, which we hopefully can work out, then I can cosponsor.

I think you would agree that was a highly unusual request.

Knowing about that, would that trouble you to be involved in that kind of a transaction in any way?

We want to know whether or not HSBC Equator, whether HSBC, the main branch, has opened up any offshore tax haven accounts for PEPs or for other national banks.

I think that would really help us in our ability to defend the Nation.

We have a bill which I have introduced with Senators Grassley and McCaskill, S. 569.

I think it was very important for the Subcommittee to get the information that we got.

The law covers jewelry stores.

General O'Reilly, are you committed to establishing these baselines and providing them to Congress, as well as to the MDEB and to GAO?

The old system was a fixed-site system that could not be moved to adapt to a changing threat.

EUCOM's forward stationed forces and bases are critical elements of U.S. national security and diplomatic strategy.

I agree that this 'fly-before-you-buy' approach is correct.

This has been a troubled program, obviously. The Senate has been deeply involved in trying to get this back on track.

The failed Christmas Day airline bombing reminded the counterterrorism community that al Qaeda is not an organization limited to the rugged terrain of Afghanistan and Pakistan, but is a global terrorist organization with an insatiable…

The rotational deployment of a Patriot training battery is still on track.

The new system starts with capability against existing threats, but then adds capability against future threats.

I agree with what President Obama said in his State of the Union address, that we should repeal this discriminatory policy.

I think your testimony was not only eloquent, but it was personal.

Would you take a look at that as something we can do in the interim here to indicate a greater sense of fairness about this issue.

Thank you, General Petraeus, for that continuing effort at oversight. It's very important to this committee.

I think it's just an unconscionable policy.

I do believe that Senator Sessions is correct. I think the CERP funding has been authorized at least for the reintegration piece; it's not just for construction.

We are prepared to continue to work with Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen to ensure DOD is able to continue providing support to this critical humanitarian disaster response effort.

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.