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Kelly Ayotte is a former United States Senator from New Hampshire, serving from January 5, 2011, to January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first woman to represent New Hampshire in the Senate. During her tenure, Ayotte focused on issues such as national security, fiscal responsibility, and education reform. She was known for her bipartisan approach and worked on various initiatives to strengthen the military and improve veterans' services.
I thank the Senator from Missouri, and I thank the Senator from New York for her passionate and important debate. Let's not forget the work we have already done in the Defense authorization, ensuring that every victim will have his or her…
I yield Senator McCaskill's time to the Senator from Nebraska. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Nebraska.
I thank the Chair. I will defer to my colleagues, but the bottom line is this: We are speechless by what Ambassador Rice said last Sunday. We need to have her testimony before the Congress to get to the bottom of why these…
I ask unanimous consent for 1 minute to wrap up. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.
I thank the Senator from South Carolina and the Senator from Arizona for everything they have done on this important issue and to get to the truth. Frankly, I will quote the Senator from Arizona from last weekend, when he was asked what…
From a national security perspective, in terms of ensuring we have the technological and industrial capacity in the United States to provide our troops the best and most advanced weapons in the world and in terms of promoting competition…
the Commission also suggested that shifting approximately 36,600 personnel to the Reserve component could yield savings of perhaps $2.0 billion per year in manpower costs with no reduction in Total Force end strength.
I think this is a very important issue that we should not overlook and I am hopeful that this committee will address.
I have supreme confidence in the capability of our Marine Corps, but that's a tough OPTEMPO for the Marine Corps, is it not, when we're all in like that?
I believe the presence there, whether it's the USS Truxtun or another of our naval assets, is very important right now, in terms of the signal it sends, not only in terms of our support for the sovereignty of Ukraine, but as well as our…
Just to be clear, the Cubans are actually on the ground, aren't they, helping President Maduro, in terms of what's happening in the oppression of the Venezuelan people right now?
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