Jim Inhofe

I believe that we need to think of America first.

If ever the force is so degraded and so unready, and then we're asked to use it, it would be immoral.

There could be, for the first time in my career, instances where we may be asked to respond to a crisis and we will have to say that we cannot.

It lets you know the priorities of this administration.

The longer we allow our force to deteriorate, the harder and more expensive it will be to repair and rebuild.

The investment of 1206 funding in Europe has produced significant results in the form of deployments of additional ally/partner nation forces to Afghanistan.

The section 1206 program remains essential to EUCOM's ability to support a successful ISAF transition in 2014.

The United States must remain engaged with Europe because it is a vital enabler for U.S. global reach.

Why do you think we should remain engaged with Europe in light of today's severe budget cuts?

General Breedlove, what key capabilities must we maintain in post-2014 Afghanistan?

General Breedlove, what key lessons do you think we must learn from the precipitous draw-down of U.S. troops from Iraq that can be applied to our draw-down in Afghanistan?

General Breedlove, with the drawdown of forces in Afghanistan, do you anticipate that we will be able to get more ISR support into Africa given the large number of terrorist threats, such as the Lord's Resistance Army and Joseph Kony, al…

General Breedlove, is our extensive support to the French in Mali being leveraged to increase our strategic access to bases, e.g. lily pad bases, in western Africa?

Turkey's conflict with the Kurdistan Workers' Party is a case in point.

The improvement of Israeli-Turkish relations is in the best interests of the United States, Israel, Turkey, and the region.

I absolutely agree with the statement that Israel's participation in exercises with NATO is beneficial.

The U.S. military must always be prepared to support U.S. policy goals for any contingency whether it be against Iran or any other threat to U.S. security and national interests.

I think Admiral Stavridis has said in the past that the store is open, we're ready for your contributions.

I am encouraged by the fact that we have our Dutch friends upgrading four of their cruisers to Aegis-class capability.

I think that one of the things we are having to do right now is talk to our fellow European nations about their contribution to EPAA.

I disagree with the changes that took place 4 years ago in terms of the ground-based interceptor in Poland.

I think that we can say that 2015's a critical time.

I'd like to have you be sure to let us know as we go into the development for 2014 just what those problems are...

It would have been better to have that headquarters down more centrally located, maybe even in Africa, maybe in Ethiopia.

When we look at the five African brigades that we originally talked about building, not that we're on schedule for doing it...