It's key to the partnership there.

we would welcome your support

Do you think the Services need additional resources for this training, for this additional capacity? And, if you do, I hope you request it.

We consider it an investment for the country, and we'll restock the pipeline.

we're going to be doing some recruiting for Guard and Reserve in Silicon Valley

you've worked a lot on in the past, and been helpful in getting new authority for us

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We just received a report from the services articulating their plans to either create separate specialties or designators for cyber.

Those partnerships that we can share capability and capacity... cannot be overstated.

Secretary Carter, will you be looking across the services to see if one asks for an exception in a position whose equivalent another service does not request an exception for?

The Special Victims' Counsel Program--which details a judge advocate to assist and represent sexual assault victims and help them navigate the military justice system--is an important step to increasing everyone's confidence in the system.

Have you surveyed service members and their families about their satisfaction with TRICARE? If so, what did you find out?

At this time, I cannot specifically identify the kinds of additional authorities that may be needed.

January 2016 is the deadline for the implementation of combat integration in the military.

Integrating women across the force remains a priority.

Secretary Carter, what kind of oversight are you currently doing to ensure that the services are developing gender neutral standards?

do you have the training capacity you require?

62 percent of victims who reported unwanted sexual contact indicated they had been retaliated against, socially and professionally.

So, we don't yet--we haven't developed a built-in surge strategy yet, so we don't have the backup we would need, given a crisis, yet.

What do you expect to learn from the Ground Combat Element Integrated Task-Force experiment?

What can you tell us about how the Navy is working with Special Operations Command to make the determination about how to open these positions?

Are you able to fill your cyber positions as well as meet Cyber Command's needs?

Do you have sufficient resources and authorities to address the problem?