"we can do to ensure that when our Guard and Reserve deploy and also when they return home"
"This program is a highly effective and fiscally responsible initiative."
"there are still some unmet needs."
"Secretary Vickers, I wanted to ask you again; you had cited a statistic in response to Senator McCain that 20 to 25 percent of the Guantanamo detainees have been released and have returned to the conf..."
"If we don't restore fiscal sanity to Washington and reduce our national debt, one of the concerns that I have is that the rising debt payments will begin to significantly crowd out the finances we hav..."
"it is a moral obligation that we have to fulfill"
"How can Congress help with this issue, because it's obviously of deep concern if we are in a position where we capture a high-value target or a repeat offender and that person still remains a danger, ..."
"We continue to be at war with terrorists, and the difficulties that we face, and also the sacrifices that our servicemen are making across the branches on behalf of our freedom and democracy in the wo..."
"I would ask you to look carefully at, because it is one that demonstrates again why we need a detention facility that ensures the security of these individuals so that they don't just go back to other..."
"If we fail to have the political courage in Congress to make the difficult decisions... do you think this will make us less safe as we look forward?"
"Over the long-term, history shows that a nation's economic strength is the foundation of its national security."