They stand with treasure and blood with the NATO alliance.

Particularly in these challenging economic times, I think it's prudent for you to continue proceeding down this path, and hope that we can provide you as much support in the Senate as possible.

No, I do not. Currently there are 20 member-designated benefits that can be extended to same-sex domestic partners.

I certainly hope that we will do our utmost in Congress to address those automatic cuts from sequestration.

General Mattis, does a requirement for persistent surveillance and integrated fire control still persist in the CENTCOM AOR?

Is there any reason that we should have less concern about what's happening there, rather than more concern?

I share Senator McCain's frustration and outrage that this Congress hasn't yet addressed sequestration.

We are pleased that the Navy has agreed to accelerate a critical military construction project into this budget.

I think it's critical to our national security.

At what point are we going to get to that tipping point where it is going to have an impact on our ability to respond?

This creates a disproportionality between U.S. defense contribution and the rest of NATO.

Assuming that we continue to operate on heightened alert with respect to North Korea, is there any indication that sequestration has limited your ability to respond to a crisis there?