Defense spending, while growing, has not kept pace with our conflicts.
Navy does not anticipate any large increase in defense spending in the near future.
Our forces are operating near the limits of their capacity to meet the demands of ongoing major operations.
When do we get to the point where these cost-savings measures begin to impact our readiness?
I have to say this, Chairman McCaskill, about General Reno. He possesses a character that is very rare in his side of th...
I honestly believe that. It's not all rosy. We have issues. But, we've been very well funded.
The American people assume our kids going into battle have the best of everything; and they don't.
If we don't get help from Congress to reset our equipment when we pull out of Afghanistan, we are at risk to respond to ...
You pay now or you pay a lot more later.
There are a lot of people that I serve with, in the U.S. Senate, who don't hold defending America as high a priority as ...
I won't sit here and tell you we're perfect and that we're meeting our requirements exactly, but we're focused on it, an...