CHRISTOPHER P. GIBSON: “I want to cut through some of that with this assumption that, you know, a number of us here, in a bipartisan way, are…”

I wholeheartedly agree with your recommendation number 7 in the report that says the Army must continue to treat readiness as its most important funding priority.

This extremist group, this Islamic extremist group, is trying to deceive the Muslim world that somehow they are advancing their cause.

I appreciate the panelists and want to begin just by associating myself with the remarks that General Keane made earlier today with regard to calling things for what they are: Islamic extremists.

It seems contradictory that, while we all want to advance balanced policies that help promote the economy, and balance our need to protect the environment, that we are bringing forward, what I would describe as an onerous regime under the…