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?

I think that's happened. We know that the House has a program that's primarily the CR.

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

I am confident, I am absolutely positively confident, that by the time we begin buying bulk amounts of biofuels, which is one important but fairly small part of this whole effort, is that it will be competitive with petroleum products.

Those commitments have not been met.

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

It is unconscionable that servicemembers must wait many months to receive a disability determination from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

General Mattis, I think as we look at CENTCOM one of the biggest problems there, as we've talked about, is Iran.

Old threats are being replaced by new, more dangerous ones, just like Kim Jong Il was replaced by Kim Jong Un.

The cuts are simply too steep; we just cannot move enough people out of the Army quickly enough to produce the level of savings needed to comply with sequester.

If the concern, of course, is in the future to be able to take advantage of our independence, there's a lot easier way of doing it than exploring new technologies in the future.

Our forward-deployed presence in EUCOM and PACOM supports our national interests and is an essential element of our alliances in both theatres.