I do not think anyone accused you of being naive at all.

one of the responsibilities that you have is not just to protect consumers but to ensure there is a compliance regulation of what used to be known as 'the shadow banking system.'

Thank you very much.

I commend you for that and thank you.

the threats out there are not--they are getting worse each moment.

the reality is these terrorist, criminal narco-syndicates need money. Without it, they are a nuisance.

if you do your work right, then we do not have to contemplate or implement much more dangerous and expensive options.

today I am reintroducing the Family Self- Sufficiency Act, and I am pleased this Congress to be joined in this effort by my colleague, Senator Blunt of Missouri. The Family Self Sufficiency, FSS, program is an existing Department of…

I don't want to throw it all out. I get that the convening authority has a role in terms of the good of the order.

Can you give us a sense in open session of your take on that particular issue?

the cost to that company would be many times the cost of preemptive action today.

We will divest probably of about 60 percent or so, a bit higher, the number of MRAP vehicles now.

Absolutely. I think they are, from my other components, all looking very carefully at what they can use.

I think the Europeans will stay with us in Afghanistan.

Senator, we're going to have to watch how the Afghan forces mature.

I believe that there will be some very real consequences in what our brethren at State are able to deliver.

I think, poses a continuing destabilizing effect across the region.

But in terms of our fleet, which is clearly because of technology and also the skill of the men and women who operate these vessels, is far superior, but no longer do we have in one sense an open field.

We have to focus not only on technical and tactical training, but more on values and the professionalism that is required of a military in a democratic society.

The only item under consideration is the operational techniques those forces can use, ensuring they have the suitable operational flexibility to accomplish our mission, while respecting the sovereignty of Afghanistan and minimizing…

We are not shifting away in our training base from counterinsurgency.

But today you feel confident you could protect the continent of the United States from an attack.

Last year, we were able to work through a process where we were able to reduce co-pays on pharmaceuticals by adopting a new technique of mail order, and that was a more efficient approach.

Is that still central to your plan? Is that something that's still viable?

Part of our reaction would be to plan for that contingency explicitly?