Jim Inhofe

Senator Inhofe has been very, very active in this effort.

When they are the ones who say that they want to wipe Israel off the map, that Israel is a cancerous tumor in the heart. They hate America from the bottom of their heart.

The Department's current plan is to procure 2,443 F-35 aircraft.

I would say, he is endorsed by them. You can't get any cozier than that.

He used the word 'legitimate', not in the sense that it was duly elected and met our standards, but it was an established government.

I remember the containment mistake. I remember the moment he made it, and it was a mistake.

When I see people like Bill Cohen, Secretary Gates, and Secretary Perry, that carries a lot of weight with me.

I think Senator Hagel's experience as an enlisted man is important, particularly when we are going into an era where a lot of the responsibility of the Defense Department is going to be dealing with people returning from combat.

I just cannot for those reasons--and others have other reasons, but those are the reasons that I opposed him.

They have said things like, 'we want to wipe Israel off the map. Israel is a cancerous tumor in the heart,' and 'America is rotten from the bottom up.'

I was also concerned about the Global Zero Movement. It sounds real good. We want a nuclear-free world.

Mr. Hagel, I am very concerned about the significant rise in military suicides.

The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act and the Six Assurances of 1982 have contributed to the peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific region for the past 3 decades.

We're spending literally millions, actually some billions of dollars, on some of these experimentations that again are not in the purview of this.

I see an inconsistency in your answer to me and your answer to the Senator from Hawaii.

I am hoping that maybe for the record you'll come back and say that you support the third site.

I think Morsi's an enemy. I think their military is a friend.

We must once again convince the world that America has a clear intention of fulfilling the nuclear disarmament commitments that we have made.

The only major part of the budget that has decreased has been the military.

I want to get to three other things, and that is why it is critical that we keep moving along here.

It is very important because I was holding the letter at the time that we were gathering signatures.

Retreating from America's unique global leadership role and shrinking the military will not make America safer.

No man survives when freedom fails, the best men rot in filthy jails, and those who cry 'appease, appease' are hanged by those they tried to please.

I have enjoyed working with him.

Dr. Hicks, do you know how many beneficiaries will no longer be able to afford TRICARE in the out-years with the increases planned in the fiscal year 2013 proposal?