It is a pleasure and a privilege to have the opportunity to formally introduce General Martin Dempsey to this committee.

this is the next war or it may be even the present war

I think we all recognize now that, even in the context of low-intensity conflict, that cyber activities are becoming increasingly more important.

I urge you to ensure you link up, because some of the problems that military personnel face in terms of paying bills...

My sense is that's obviously a challenge to you and Secretary Panetta.

I salute you, your colleagues, and the SEALs for extraordinary operations, and thank you.

I think we've learned to our disappointment that contracting out some of these procedures doesn't help, either.

History often suggests that we fight the last war and prepare for the last war.

Your efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan are significant, but you also look to other places--Yemen particularly of concern at the moment; Somalia, there is indication of operations there.

I don't think I've heard it as insightfully or thoughtfully put in terms of the cultural challenges facing the Department.

Thank you very much. I stand today to join my colleague and applaud my colleague for coming to the floor of the House to articulate what are truly our founding and our core principles. We should be going back to our Constitution on a…

The need to generate bipartisan support for an increasingly civilian-led effort.

the number of $6 billion plus you've suggested is probably an underestimate.

$72 billion. You have roughly $74 billion we are committing annually.

Unless you have that money, that's right.

Another point is, when we were there DOD and DOS had identified over 1,000 tasks that had to be transitioned or accommodated.

This is not a nominal figure in DOS. This is a huge amount of money.

We're looking at a 90 percent reduction, which is good news.

This is going to be a competition not only for money and your effort, but also for money for Afghanistan's efforts.

Again, let me reiterate. We all understand that when programs migrate from DOD over to foreign aid, we keep the troops in the field for support.

One of the other things that we've got to do is not simply sort of fund this system; it's to reform the delivery of health care.

I, too, want to thank Commissioner Koller for braving the elements to come down here.

Popularity is in the eye of the beholder.

this provision, which people say, 'Oh, we really like that'--I don't know if you've seen the polling data, but I would assume it's in the 1980s or 1990s percent; you've got to keep this--would, frankly, require that this universal approach…

you have to have a pool of sharing the risk, yes, sir.