To me, this is a sensible and principled provision of the AUMF, even though I cannot assure that the counter-ISIL campaign will be completed in 3 years.

Passing the proposed AUMF will demonstrate to our personnel that their government stands behind them.

I believe the President's proposed AUMF does both. And I urge this Congress to pass it.

Yes. The President's Budget request has provided sufficient resources to continue the development and enhancement of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program.

They really need to take that step, because we can't be the only one on our team with military potential in that theater.

I do worry about our foes being encouraged or heartened when they see us debate whether we should spend enough money on our defense.

Sufficient funding of readiness and modernization of the Reserve Component (RC) is vital to maintaining operational experience and capacity to meet National security requirements.

Israel faces very real missile threats from a number of actors in the region, and Israel's security remains a top priority.

Success in cyberspace will rely on our people--just as it does in other domains.

get a very clear picture of the dangers of sequester. They probably get an outsized picture of our lack of will, but this is not good for our friends--much less our foes.

The U.S. commitment to Israel is ironclad.

So the most important thing we can do going forward is to make sure that Iraq doesn't decline again into sectarianism.