We have a magnificent force in terms of the quality of the people we have, but that is because we are able to be selective from a large pool of excellent young Americans.
It deserves funding. And the reason for that is that we need more fuel efficient jet engines in the future.
Yes, I am concerned about the risk the Department of Defense (DOD) is forced to accept in global infrastructure maintenance.
I think it is fair to say we are late to the recognition of that, but I do think that we have the recognition.
Congress could also help mitigate the long-term impacts of this underfunding by authorizing another round of BRAC as requested in the Presid...
National security is bigger than our Department and today's world because of the complexity of the threats.
A nickel and dime approach to defense, as you say, is not the right one. We need a longer horizon than that.
We cannot afford to have a gap, and just to scope out the issue as a whole, these engines that power some of our rocket boosters that take o...
The big influencer, if there is anything that will influence Russian behavior, is the combination of economic sanctions and the fall in oil ...
The only way we're going to get out of the wilderness of sequestration is if we work together.
I ask Congress to support the entirety of this budget and end the deep, indiscriminate cuts that sequestration will impose.