I hope you could circle back with me on that.

Dr. Miller, are you aware of Rosoboronexport's activities in Syria and how that company, which is affiliated with the Russian Government, has continued to arm the Assad regime and enable that regime's murder of its own citizens?

We cannot wait any longer to resume this critical work.

This is very important in terms of modernizing, making sure that we have a sufficient nuclear deterrent.

We are talking about small businesses that if they are put out of business by sequestration, then it is difficult often to bring that capability back.

To me, this is the ultimate issue as you review the closure of GTMO. In the absence of bringing anyone to detain them at the Guantanamo facility, if we do not have an equivalent facility, then there is no place for us to put them.

We cannot keep releasing people like Daqduq who have the blood of Americans on their hands.

do you believe it is appropriate to be paying taxpayers' dollars to a Russian company that is arming Assad and enabling his murder of over 8,000 civilians?

I appreciate all of the witnesses being here today

I look at that as first and foremost a force protection issue.

I hope that is the case this time, but I am concerned about what I see as a mismatch between our stated national security objectives and a portion of the Pentagon budget proposal.

Mr. Kendall, are you aware of Rosoboronexport's activities in Syria and how that company, which is affiliated with the Russian Government, has continued to arm the Assad regime and enable that regime's murder of its own citizens?