Jim Inhofe

Instead of taking responsibility and changing the course, the President is doubling down on the failed policies and blaming the Secretary of Defense.

The President is focused on dismantling the military, appeasing our adversaries, abandoning our partners, and refusing to implement a new national security strategy.

It's clear, at least in my opinion, that our national security policies have been a disaster and the world becomes more dangerous.

Will you commit to this committee that your recommendation will be based solely on the operational capabilities our Nation requires of the Marine Corps, and that you will not tolerate lowering standards if that would compromise combat…

They have proven themselves to be stalwart partners to the United States, committing forces to combat operations abroad even when their own homeland came under attack in 2008.

Georgia continues to be one of the most flexible and willing NATO partners and has become a security exporter in the truest sense of the word.

Georgia has been the largest per capita and non-NATO troop contributor to the NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission.

General Dunford, what happens if we capture additional non-Afghan nationals before the end of 2016, who is responsible for their detention and interrogation?

General Dunford, what is the plan to deal with the disposition of the approximately 38 non-Afghan national detainees you said in your advance policy questions continue to be detained by U.S. forces in Afghanistan?

General Dunford, troop numbers in Afghanistan at the end of 2016 are supposed to look like troop numbers in Iraq at the end of 2011--"a normal embassy presence". What do you think that means?

General Dunford, out of the 9,800 troops at the beginning of 2015, how many do you expect will be doing force protection and support; and how many will actually be training, advising, and assisting?

General Dunford, will we still do close air support--and if so, under what conditions--for U.S. troops, for partner troops, for Afghan troops?

After 2014, the United States will not conduct direct combat operations against the Taliban.

Afghanistan will remain a very active area of hostilities, at least through 2015.

Their morale after 13 years of war has met or exceeded anybody's expectations over time.

I would assess the morale of the forces in Afghanistan today and, frankly, in the force as a whole as something we can all be very proud of.

I think the most encouraging thing... is both candidates are very responsible.

It breaks our hearts.

I appreciate your honesty.

I have a real hard time thinking about something that is there now, they are trained now, and I know it is more popular to say, let us go into another group of vehicles and not support people that we question.

If you go back, as I mentioned to you in my office, to 2008, our funding for the GMD has declined from $2 billion then to about half that now. Does that concern you?

I would ask you, first of all, if you think that is a good idea.

I do not think we can find any place where the turnout is greater in the rural areas than it is in the urban areas.

I am also troubled by the President's plan to draw down our forces based on arbitrary timelines instead of the best advice of military commanders.

The recent presidential elections have been marred by allegations of widespread voter fraud.