Jim Inhofe

The readiness of our Armed Forces is at a tipping point.

Every day commanders must make decisions to correct underperformers with training or education, and, when necessary, to discipline troops or possibly relieve commanders.

Some Members of Congress believe you have not gone far enough and suggest that the public trust and confidence in the military justice system cannot be preserved unless military commanders are deprived of the discretion to dispose of…

In light of the recent testimony by the Service Judge Advocates General that it is exceedingly rare for convening authorities to exercise their lawful authority to set aside court-martial convictions, explain why you can trust your…

It would be dangerous to assume we will not have to engage in a large-scale ground war.

If the Army completes the rest of the fiscal year without conducting depot maintenance, what impacts on the materiel readiness of the Army will be felt in fiscal year 2014 and beyond?

The present budgetary situation forces the Army to focus training resources on next to deploy units.

When budget uncertainty is combined with the mechanism and magnitude of sequestration, the consequences could lead to a security-gap vulnerability against future threats to our national security interests.

If Congress prohibits the proposed TRICARE fee changes and does not restore the budgeted savings in fiscal year 2014, the Department will likely be forced to make additional reductions to readiness and modernization accounts.

Secretary Hagel, why should Congress believe that DOD and VA can develop and implement an interoperable iEHR since they have shown little competence and cooperation doing this work in the past?

If civilian furloughs in response to sequestration impact the mission of the Military Entrance Processing Stations (MEPS), then what options does DOD have to provide additional resources to ensure recruit processing is not degraded?

The TRICARE fee proposals are an important piece of the Department's approach to balanced drawdown in defense spending.

I would strongly recommend that Congress be allowed to review the policy implications of these initiatives prior to the expense of taxpayers' funds.

DOD is required to achieve audit readiness for its Statement of Business Resources (SBR) by September 30, 2014.

Secretary Hagel and General Dempsey, are there examples where as a result of early consideration of the AOA, DOD changed its approach?

The entire effort is to ensure DOD delivers the required capabilities to our warfighters at the right time, in the right quantity, for the best price.

Sequestration will also result in delays to every 1 of our 10 major modernization programs, including the ground combat vehicle (GCV), the network, and the joint light tactical vehicle (JLTV). It will increase costs. It will create an…

I've often said, and everyone agrees, that readiness equals lives and risk.

Our Nation's historical experience of pursuing cost savings by cutting military compensation has demonstrated that periods of designed reduction in overall compensation levels resulted in retention problems.

Secretary Hagel, how much will it cost for both DOD and the VA to develop and field a new, interoperable iEHR?

The President and the administration are committed to closing the DOD Detention Facilities at JTF-GTMO.

What other reforms in this area is DOD considering so that decisions such as these are considered earlier in the acquisition process?

We need to explore the recommendation potentially to go from non-lethal to lethal assistance and what would be the conditions.

I am not sure that the BRAC process and all the drama associated with it is worthwhile.

I can remember talking to Vaclav Klaus at that time, and he said, now we are going to go ahead and do this. It is going to really anger Russia, but can we be sure that you are not going to pull the rug out from under us.