John Warner: “Therein is what this hearing is all about, to hopefully assure this committee that you're going to be an independent…”

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

You're a man of courage and you take on the tough jobs in that Congress and do the very best you can to achieve working relationships.

I think that's a really significant answer since the question of readiness clearly one of the most strategically important issues you have to deal with.

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.