Jeanne Shaheen

Lieutenant General Votel, is there a process in place for SOCOM to coordinate with the general purpose forces to reduce duplication and maximize efficiency?

The importance of separating the military from politics and a general willingness to achieve the aforementioned objectives.

This includes the concept of civilian control of the military, adherence to rule of law and the implementation of processes, systems, and organizations which ensure transparency, accountability, and oversight.

How do we impress upon the Afghan civilian leadership the importance of maintaining professional and cohesive security forces as we draw down and after we depart?

It is my understanding that DOD to date has not put in place the incentives and goals that are required by that legislation.

Good. Well, I am very pleased to hear that because, as you know, that could make a difference for thousands of small businesses across the country.

I am especially proud of this program from New Hampshire because Senator Warren Rudman was the author of the legislation originally from New Hampshire.

Well obviously, two countries that could be very helpful who have not yet been willing to step up in the way that I think is really needed are Russia and China.

I don't know if anybody else on the panel has thoughts about whether there's more the United States can do to try and encourage other members of the international community to step up.

Are there ways in which we can encourage them to really take the responsibility that they have as world powers to stop this humanitarian crisis?

I have all offered a bill that would delay open enrollment in the individual market because that is the immediate problem that we are facing in New Hampshire.

Finding a way to address the challenges that you face is going to be critical.

In New Hampshire, 96 percent of our employers are small businesses. It is a brilliant foundation of our economy.

The EU is playing a potent role in the strengthening of Georgian sovereignty with this agreement.

We are sending a very strong message about the importance of releasing her from prison

I would hope that we are doing everything we can to pressure the Russians, the Iranians, and everybody else in the Middle East to support this effort, because it has implications for everybody.

Jeanne Shaheen, a senator from New Hampshire who is one of those 2014 Democrats, sent a letter to the president saying that she thinks that the enrollment deadline, which is now March 31st, should be delayed a couple of months because of…

But, as everybody has pointed out, it is not just the immediate effect. It is that ripple effect that goes across the economy.

This comes on top of sequestration, those automatic cuts which have already had a huge impact in the State of New Hampshire.

We should end these manufactured crises and get on with the business of governing the country.

I think everyone of us here are as frustrated and upset about the irresponsible and reckless behavior on the part of some members of Congress that have led us to this point.

We all believe we need to start the government back up immediately, that we need to put in place a long-term solution to raise the debt ceiling.

I think there is one piece of legislation that would deal with this.

I thank the Chair. There were a lot of differences on both sides of the aisle, but we understood the importance of compromising, because it would have been impossible to get something through the New Hampshire legislature and get a budget…

I agree that we should not turn our back on such a blatant violation of international norms with respect to the use of chemical weapons.