from a perspective of naval readiness, how important are the public shipyards and the Federal employees who work at these yards?

if the deactivation of MPS-1 has led to slower response times to contingencies in North Africa, how much slower?

We can ask them, but the damage we would do to them would be irresponsible.

We couldn't do that at 420,000.

Any objective analysis of the global security environment demonstrates that the world is becoming more--not less--dangerous.

Yes, the Air Force procured fewer practice munitions than we plan to expend to keep combat crews certified in fiscal years 2014 and 2015.

section 1724 of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2014 (P.L. 113-66) requires each Service Secretary to ensure timely access to a SARC for any member of the National Guard or Reserve who is the victim of a sexual assault.

I think that is the challenge that we face here.

Below 450,000, we don't think we'd be able to do it.

What risks are we taking on by doing that?

The best way to keep our country safe and prevent war is to be ready to fight one.

We wanted to feel that people would be able to come forward, and we want more to come forward.