Secretary Wright, when an individual who received the erroneous payments signs the waiver form, does this waiver also release DOD officials from any liability in association with that payment?

if there's going to be any further efforts to reduce our nuclear arsenal, that certainly it not be done unilaterally.

As far as I know, the A-10 performed superbly in Afghanistan.

It seems to me that if we are going to have a commitment to our missile defense and making sure that the capabilities are there, that we need to put resources in it that are going to further testing.

2015 is the current number when they could potentially have a capability.

My point is this, when the President announces that he is going to seek a third reduction, it seems to me that unless we further fulfill our commitments to modernize our current deterrent pursuant to the existing treaty obligations, then…

We would love to have you come up--jointly the three of us on the committee and I am sure Senator Collins would as well with the years spent on this committee--to our shipyard.

Do you agree with General Welsh's assessments?

the Air Force would 'not be as ready as we would like' if ordered to take action against the Syrian regime.

under sequestration, the Air Force would be unable to execute the 2012 Strategic Planning Guidance that requires the military to fight one major adversary and deter another.

I am committed to identifying the most significant challenges, as well as practical solutions to overcoming those challenges.

One of the issues that is very important to me is the modernization of our nuclear deterrent.