Jim Inhofe

The administration officials told Congress that one goal of the increased fees is to force military retirees to reduce their involvement in TRICARE.

In this administration's four budgets, we have a $5.3 trillion deficit, more than all the deficits of every President in history.

You think maybe the 1206 and 1207 programs have a very good application there?

I think when we talked about the force structure in EUCOM being reduced...

I want to include IMET throughout the continent down there and how beneficial that has been.

I appreciate it. I know what you are doing and you are doing a great job.

It was actually my legislation back in 2009 and we called it the LRA Disarmament in Northern Uganda.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I can remember being with Sani Abacha as long ago as 16 years ago, and while it was not called that at the time, it was the genesis of what has become Boko Haram.

The IMET program has been so successful in our change in focus that we recognize we're not doing them the favor, really they're doing us the favor.

It's very disturbing to a lot of us that when we have the President's-- now that all the results are in on his budget, that he's actually given us this $5.3 trillion deficit and the only area that I can see where we've had reductions in…

I have always been concerned about the quality of our intelligence on North Korea.

I want to make sure our witnesses know that I'm probably not the only one on this side of the table here who disagrees with the administration's position on UNCLOS.

My impression is that it's just more of the same and perhaps not really going to be a major change in terms of decisionmaking.

I had occasion to go down to Fort Worth and see the progress, what's happening right now with the F-35.

One of the commands that doesn't get a lot of attention is U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and we remember that was divided into three commands.

I'm glad to hear that. I appreciate that.

I look at it as the forgotten command.

During the 8 years of President Bush, and these are the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) figures, it was right at $2 trillion. This President in his budget that he's proposed is $5.3 trillion in just 4 years.

I think we've reduced our force, our capability, to an unacceptable level, and to bring our infrastructure down to meet what I consider to be as a member of this committee an unacceptable level, I think, is something I would not want to do.

We're making great progress on that.

It's the recapitalization challenge we face beyond that.

The only real hits are defense.

The key word is 'unilateral,' and that is what concerns me.

I agree that it should be a part of the plan.