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 have to be able to protect our Nation and its interests and, obviously, to fill our commitment to our Active Duty troops and to our veterans, who have sacrificed so much for us.

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, or we need to have them in a position where we can gather important information from them?

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 world.

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 countries that will just release them and then we'll be fighting them again.

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.

The Nation cannot have a strong defense without a strong economy; therefore I view the deficit crisis and corresponding deep cuts in defense as one of the most significant challenges to the entire national security community.

Security in Asia and around the world would increasingly rely on the U.S. maintaining naval supremacy.

DOD continues to notify us of new programs and new projects to fund with savings they have accumulated as opposed to returning those savings to American taxpayers.

As part of our ongoing Comprehensive Defense Review, we are assessing how defense cuts of $400 billion would impact the DOD's ability to carry out contingency plans.