Kay Hagan

North Carolina is a strong military State. As a matter of fact, when you look at the population, we have probably a third, either active duty military or veterans in our State.

I understand that legislation is being developed to expand the DOS rewards program to include TOC.

Mr. Lemnios, in addition to basic range connectivity, what is DOD doing to improve the operational and threat environments that may be accessed via the JIOR?

an alarming level of bureaucratic business practices hindering the conduct of basic research.

I would like to see more of an investment in our BA-3 and BA-4 accounts that can help us transition across the valley of death.

today's weapons systems are more complex and more interdependent than any of their predecessors.

there is a risk in commanders becoming too reliant on our excellent SOF.

I see no reason why we can't be fully confident that the feedstock issue is behind us.

When you say 'different authorities,' can you give me an example of what you are describing, or what you are thinking?

It appears to me that DOE is paying considerably more than DOD in hiring.

What new test or experimentation methodologies or capabilities are needed to ensure that the cyber components of these systems meet warfighters' needs in the evolving operational and threat environments?

That it is intended to transition in some manner to CYBERCOM.

it is our understanding that the Army has an ongoing study in the wake of the Decker-Wagner report looking at, among many other things, how Army S&T should be managed and how the laboratories can best be organized for the future needs of…

We certainly had an urgent reason to do so.

But in our fiscal year 2013 authorization bill this committee asked NNSA to supply a long-term plan for the life of the program on facilities and costs you will incur to obtain the plutonium feedstock.

I rise today to speak in support of the Cantwell-Johnson amendment to the JOBS Act. This amendment, which reauthorizes the Export-Import Bank through 2015, is a critical step in our job-creation efforts here in Congress. We approved this…

Do you think this network has vulnerabilities associated with these concerns, and if so, what are you doing to correct them?

The whole idea is to accelerate the production of a viable technology for moly-99 use in the United States in 2016.

I think we have learned a lot over the years about the complexity of counterinsurgency operations.

Today, in preparation for the subcommittee's upcoming work on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, we will hear testimony from our witnesses on the Department of Defense's (DOD) role in the implementation of the…

I remain somewhat optimistic, even with all the extent of these problems, that we are going to continue to pound al Qaeda so that they cannot attack us.

The fiscal year 2013 President's budget request includes a $3.4 billion investment in cyber activities.

the JIOR will be a critical capability for the increasing demand of research, development, test and evaluation, and training events.

We see some of the same benefits. We also see that many of these companies have proposed teaming up with our laboratories and warfare centers.

We are at an inflection point of our strategy in thinking about where the special operations community is going to be over the next 10 years.