Roger Wicker

It's a very real contingency that happens.

I do question the sort of optimistic note that you have in your testimony.

I am very interested in and concerned about organic multi-spectral signature management sensor defeat capabilities, especially given the current Short-Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) threat and the ease of availability of multi-spectral sensors.

Given the Short-Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) threat that our Armed Forces face today, can you detail near-term fielding plans for a SWIR-defeating signature management camouflage system for Rapid Reaction Forces, given that Service-wide fielding…

The most important piece is the political piece and you have leadership that is able to bring the country forward.

I view the situation now in Afghanistan as a success story.

I hope that I speak for Senator Hirono, my ranking member on the Subcommittee on Seapower...

We have kept the sea lanes open you say. We have kept freedom of navigation open for anybody engaged in peaceful and legitimate trade.

I hope we do. Last week before the committee, I pointed out to Secretary Carter and General Dempsey that things are headed in the right direction in Afghanistan.

If sequestration returns in October, what sort of gap will these cuts create between Asia's rebalance strategy and the already important tasks of deterring Russia and defeating ISIS?

We cannot do it by ourselves, and that they have to bear their fair share of any burden.

We are going to have to insist on more of a contribution from our international partners.

It causes me concern that Secretary Kerry would feel this way while at the same time trying to negotiate a nuclear deal with this terrorist nation.

It is hard to square the two statements coming from two members of the same administration.

There are two things I find frustrating about this new rule.

Jurisdictions that have made progress in actually lowering the ozone level are now being rewarded with the back of the hand.

Development and job creation are being stifled in this suburban county, through no fault of their own.

I just do not understand why this administration does not understand that if we do what is presently planned to begin in three months from now, that we will see the Iraq movie again.

I believe we must do all we can to avoid a garbage-in/garbage-out situation with regard to our training programs in Afghanistan.

General Campbell, are these graduates able to effectively lead their own forces and pass on knowledge obtained from American trainers?

General Campbell, are graduates of our training programs able to comprehend our military values which include respect for civilian authority and the rule of law?

Building the capacity of the Afghan security forces is a key element of our Afghanistan policy.

We cannot turn our backs on what happens in Afghanistan. We paid the price for this before. We should not do so again.

I do believe the regulation we are discussing today is EPA's most blatant overreach thus far, and there have been a number of them.

The Mississippi Development Authority says the minimum incremental capital cost to Mississippi of this rule, if it is implemented as it is written now, will be $14.2 billion.