Jim Inhofe

Do you agree that establishing bureaucracies and duplicative efforts at DHS would be unwise?

We in the Department of Defense will try to protect our nuclear capabilities to the maximum extent possible, and that nuclear deterrence is the last thing that you want to do serious damage to.

These investments are essential to facilitating reductions while sustaining deterrence under New START and beyond.

Reduced readiness and curtailed modernization damage the perceived credibility of our capabilities, increasing the risk to achieving our primary deterrence and assurance objectives.

Do you believe that our current counterterrorism strategy has kept pace with the increasingly globalized nature of al Qaeda and affiliated terrorist networks?

Camp Lemonnier (CLDJ) is strategically important to U.S. interests and provides support for four separate combatant commands.

General Ham, who defines and what is the end state for U.S. support for French operations in Mali?

Is this an accurate assessment of DOD costs to sustain and modernize the U.S. nuclear deterrent?

General Kehler, has the United States ever set up a verification regime for tactical nuclear weapons?

Are you sure now, if we put our radar system in the Czech Republic and agree and do what's necessary in Poland for a GBI for the Western Europe and Eastern United States, that you won't pull the rug out from under us?

In order to better respond, we require increased intelligence emphasis and resources to gain a better understanding of the environment.

It's long past time when the United States and our allies, who are also being attacked in this way, should be imposing costs and penalties on China for their behavior.

Do you foresee U.S. operations expanding in Mali?

AFRICOM is an economy of force effort--an effort I support but one that raises concerns about adequacy of resources.

Do you believe the United States has adequately focused its intelligence collection capabilities on Africa?

Have these programs been successful in AFRICOM? If so, do you have any examples?

We provided airlift support to France and Chad to move forces and equipment.

With decreasing military resources and increasing threats in Africa, what is the impact on AFRICOM operations given that AFRICOM was created as an economy of force command?

If operations in the CENTCOM and AFRICOM AOR do not substantially subside to support the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region, what increased risks do you assess will occur for TRANSCOM?

What difficulties do you foresee with getting DOD equipment and personnel out of Afghanistan with a year-long Continuing Resolution (CR) and sequestration?

Pakistan is cooperating in restoring the flow of the PAKGLOC.

The importance of our nuclear forces for the security of the Nation and that of our allies was made clear by Deputy Secretary of Defense Carter before this committee just last month.

Are you concerned about the potential influence of terrorist groups on large numbers of Western Sahara refugees living in camps in southern Algeria?

We are currently supporting French forces and those of the African-Led International Support Mission to Mali with intelligence sharing, ISR, and refueling.

I think you're doing a great job there.