Jim Inhofe

These guys today are not nominees, they're American heroes.

I believe we are underfunding missile defense programs and not driving the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to develop a robust, layered, and integrated system of ground-, sea-, and space-based radars and interceptors.

I have legitimate concerns with respect to the impacts of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom rotations on our National Guard.

What bothers me is what happens between 2015 and 2020?

Our intelligence tells us--and it's not even classified--that as early as 2015 they could have the capability in Iran of sending one over to the eastern part of the United States.

I was very much concerned when that was pulled out from under them a year ago in the first budget of this administration.

I only wish I knew as much about this as Senator Lieberman does and Senator McCain, because I'm kind of new to this...

I support and defend the role that public debate must by necessity play in our democracy and recognize that there are aspects of our military and intelligence operations which should not be in the public domain.

A constitutional duty of a newspaper in such a circumstance is to balance the newsworthiness of the subject and the importance of informing the public against the potential harm to national security in publishing the article.

I am very troubled anytime classified information is published.

If the security of our troops comes into conflict with avoiding the use of carbon intensive fuels or addressing climate change, which, in your view, should take priority?

DOD needs to do everything possible to ensure mission success in current deployments and also engage in the strategy development, planning, and procurement that will prepare the military and the Nation for future mission success.

One of my job priorities would be force protection in these areas--and a global operation against terrorist organizations.

I do not believe it was the intent of this law to constrain military operations in any way.

I think it's a security risk.

I believe that we could be energy independent from outside of the North American continent today.

Some time ago, President Obama came out with his program where he said, during the State of the Union: I plan to freeze nondefense discretionary spending at 2010 levels. A lot of people applauded, believing that to be some type of a…

It has been very helpful to us.

Assessment districts would be a vehicle by which you could exercise the local support for something.

You establish priorities.

But you have got to come up with it. And I just think we are going to have to deviate from our old 60-year-old behavioral patterns.

Of course, we are blessed with probably the best Transportation Secretary of any of the States.

There has got to be a better way than just continuing to do it as we have done in the past.

We need to get more innovative than that.

State, county and local government probably knows more about your needs than the Federal Government does.