Claire McCaskill

I know that we have some of the government's most sensitive information stored in commercial facilities, so security cannot be the sole reason for providing this capability in government-owned and -operated facilities.

I want to start with the move from Okinawa to Guam, especially in light of the situation in Japan.

I think this is the climate in which to take advantage of that. But, it does require your help.

What are the outcomes/results of the condition-based maintenance effort thus far in terms of readiness, cost-savings, etc.?

There has been a consistent linkage between construction of the Futenma Replacement Facility and the marines moving from Okinawa to Guam.

If we've made MILCON too hard, then let's figure out a way to make MILCON easier. But, let's don't waste a lot of money because we are going to fill in the gap until we get the MILCON money.

It is necessary to ensure that when we are satisfied with the progress Japan has made on the FRF, suitable facilities will be available on Guam to allow the phased relocation of marines from Okinawa, such that any relocation can be…

There is something happening today that has never happened before in the history of the U.S. Senate.

The Army's plans to meet its PPS by reconstituting its prepositioned stocks around the world by 2015.

What impact will the uncertainty of future increased combat operations, particularly in Afghanistan, have on future maintenance budgets?

To what extent has OCO increased the Navy's operational tempo and associated maintenance for readiness of its ships?

To what extent are the Services planning to include funding that is considered OCO funding into their baseline budget?

I think the efficiencies effort is great. It's just the putting-back-in part that I'm a little worried about.

In these resource-constrained times, can you explain to me why the Navy intends to spend $412.6 million to homeport an aircraft carrier in Florida?

To what extent have the Navy's four public shipyards planned for or responded to any increased ship maintenance resulting from OCO?

As an auditor, I'm pretty confident that if I had the time and the staff, I could figure out that relocatables cost our military a lot of money that we didn't need to spend.

The Army has made significant strides, thanks to the support of Congress, to meet ARFORGEN readiness requirements.

There needs to be a plan. We need to make sure the plan makes sense and it's clear to everyone.

Our recurring maintenance is done at our ALCs, and we bring all that aircraft back for that depot-level maintenance.

This recapitalized medical center will be perfectly located at the premier airbase supporting 3 theaters.

Do you think it's reasonable that this subcommittee, and the full committee, should see a master plan before we start funding?

I just want to let the word go out that we're going to look really carefully at all of this.

I recently drafted a letter to examine the Marine Corps next.

Given that billions of dollars in equipment reconstitution funds are at stake in restoring our preposition stocks, to what extent is DOD working with the Services to develop and integrate a Department requirement for prepositioned stocks…

It looks like to me that we need to put up a white flag on the ASPI, and say, 'This is not a good use of taxpayer dollars.'