John Warner: “This country is going to go on doing that.”

This country is greatly strengthened by the will of such people to step forward and do, time and time again, public service.

I also thought it was extraordinarily important you pointed out that just as it is incumbent upon our military to continue to develop next generation weapons that it's been the legacy of our military forces to always be about innovation.

Judging from my own experience, these four resumes constitute an extraordinary body of knowledge needed in these respective positions and needed by our country at a critical time.

It is a moving experience for me to reenter this room. I served on this committee for 30 years.