Chuck Hagel actually said...

If sequester levels remain in place, DOD will ask for flexibility to apply the reductions in a more strategic manner.

I have not made a recommendation to the President that we should militarily intervene.

I think it is pretty clear, as we are consolidating our bases and handing over responsibilities.

The world is a different kind of world today, as everyone on this committee knows. You all travel. You go everywhere. We have new threats.