Richard Burr

I would hope, with the coordinating role that you see Director Clapper in, that he could overcome those territorial boundaries and make sure, especially within the IC community, that we have the tools we need.

In my view, an additional problem was that key judgments of this NIE were publicly released.

In most cases would you agree that within the DNI they take that raw data that is available and analyze that to get their own snapshot?

It's used in 18 million procedures a year in the U.S. Every year, 18 million procedures.

Over the long run it costs less in the health care system. So we're talking about health care cost reduction.

But if we don't have Mo-99, if we have an undersupply or no supply, what does that do to patient care?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I thank you and Senator Murkowski for calling this hearing and for introducing the legislation.

If all those techniques, if all those tools were as good as Mo-99, we'd use them today.

The unemployment rate for young veterans reached over 27 percent in February 2011, much higher than the non-veterans of that age.

I'm not sure what happened to, if you like it you get to keep it. But you said, 'Americans will have more control over their health care.' My conclusion, after reading the plan numerous times, what we've done is, the Federal Government has…

The threat of nuclear engagement between the United States and Russia has diminished greatly since we began arms reduction talks with the Soviets in the 1970s. It is a credit to the agreements of past years that the strategic relationship…

Mr. Smith brings to this position both tremendous expertise and a deep commitment to the strengthening of our housing finance system for the American people.

I have got this memo from the Department of Veterans Affairs, dated November 22, 2010, and it says that the duty to assist as demonstrated in an order and examinations for securing private medical records do not apply in this program.

Once again, let me thank the three of you for your expertise, your commitment to make these programs successful and to evaluate them.

I would ask unanimous consent to be able to take my further questions and ask them in writing

We are deeply into a disability problem in this country which we have thrown money at for, I think, a decade.

Am I naive to believe that part of our assessment should be how many people complete the process in the agreed-upon timeline?

You cannot call it an integrated program if DOD is the only one there.

I think it is absolutely incumbent on those of us here to ask the obvious questions to make sure that we have gone through the thought process.

I would love to know how extensive the VA presence is abroad given the challenges we have at home.

It is my hope that we will begin to think of something different, and I think you hit on the key.

My hope is that we will all get the same goal in sight and the same tools of measurement.

Let me ask on behalf of the Committee that before any decision is finalized, that you may at least share with the Committee what the intent of that overseas program would be.

Let me ask you, do we survey any of the individuals to find out if, in fact, idleness is a concern that they have?

I heard you say, 'So approved.'