I feel it is necessary to express my disappointment that the Administration has been unable to fulfill its responsibilities for a timely budget as required under the Budget and Accounting Act.

sequestration I think falls on--in the latter, mindless cuts to defense.

I would hate to see us waste that investment and some hard-earned lessons.

It would seem to me that we may be putting the cart before the horse here and we should be waiting until after this committee completes its job before we actually move any planes around.

With the proposed end strength of our Reserve and National Guard, and then the restructuring of SOUTHCOM, are we as prepared to respond to future natural disasters and other emergency humanitarian crises in the region as we have been in…

We encourage you to support HR 1014, introduced by Congressman Steven Palazzo, which would exempt these technicians from furlough.

In our current sequestration environment do you believe that we can afford to move planes and crews that are accomplishing everything that we ask of them, without cost saving being a top factor?

A particular interest to me and my district is the proposed procurement of a piece of real estate in South Mississippi to facilitate the training of our elite Navy SEALs and (SBU) Small Boat Units.

Syria and Lebanon have always been in the mix, so to speak.

With the sequester under way, what in your mind is the order of priority as far as cuts go?

What is the U.S. stance with the actions of Israel?