"Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico is home to the 58th Special Operations Wing which trains 22,000 students a year who conduct critical search and rescue missions."
"The Air Force is committed to maintaining our HH-60G and UH-1 fleets, which have an average age of 24.4 and 47 years, respectively."
"I, like you, am optimistic. I am excited about this, and I think taking a regular order pathway and getting on this early and just the bipartisan support we have should bode well for success."
"We just simply cannot have a 21st-century space platform when we are operating out of 1960s vintage buildings."
"I would say that your efforts ensured that we can pursue energy independence, the jobs that come with it."
"This is an issue that has drug on far too long."
"Obviously, all of us are somewhat skeptical about BRAC. I think we should be equally skeptical about seeing our bases hollowed out, and that kind of reinforces for all of us why we need to fix the seq..."
"I am a strong supporter of a modest set-aside of funding for laboratory-directed research and development, or LDRD."
"We suck them in and they are there for 30-plus years, which is really the goal."
"I have always been amazed. Not only is it really important for this sort recruitment and retention piece, but some of the most innovative things that spin off and end up helping our warfighters, reall..."
"As we watch Pakistan modernize its capability... to contain that piece."
"Are we pursuing anything similar to what Israel has developed in the form of their directed energy Iron Beam system to protect against short-range rockets, artillery shells, and mortar bombs?"