It will place an unreasonable burden on the shoulders of our soldiers and civilians.

Funding required for Phase 1 of the Defense Production Act Title III (approximately $24 million) is from the FY 2012 appropriation.

the Nation's nuclear deterrent is, "the last thing that you want to do serious damage to."

If I may, I would like to get back to you on that, in specificity on that matter.

I would certainly use the red line. That makes perfect sense to me.

the mechanism of sequester which makes us cut everything in proportion is dumb from any kind of managerial point of view.

It is part of our strategy to maintain what we call, exactly as you said, light footprint presence in many parts of the world.

We need to deal very quickly and broadly with our deficit problems in a balanced way that the President can support and Congress can support.

requires us to subtract from our budget for the remainder of fiscal year 2013 $46 billion.

Rebalancing toward the Asia-Pacific region is a whole-of-government approach for the United States and a key pillar of the defense strategy.

Wounded Warriors are a priority for the Department and will be protected above all else.

we will provide that information.