09/15/2014
https://www.congress.gov...
"We've got to do what needs to be done to get young people prepared, to have access, to have equal opportunity."
"As you well know, we have to pay for maintenance eventually, and the longer we put it off, the more it is likely to cost us in the end."
"General Odierno, Admiral Greenert, General Amos, and General Welsh, how do you plan to manage these challenges and mitigate their impact on the important role SOF plays in operations around the world?"
"If sequestration is allowed to continue, I understand that this could result in a further reduction down to 174,000, with 4,000 marines coming from North Carolina."