An aggressive Russia continues to violate international convention in an attempt to fracture the post-Cold War vision of a Europe that is whole, free, and at peace.
if sequestration were imposed and went to those levels, that we could not perform the missions assigned to us under the current strategy
It is clear from the events of the last few months that we are facing a challenge of increasing complexity and instability in the region.
Cyber Command is at another set of crossroads.
the point that has been made very, very powerfully by the chairman and myself is that sequestration has to be eliminated
The international is very important because of the ability and willingness of entities to arbitrage sort of regulatory environments.
One of human phenomenon is sometimes when you try to fix a problem, you unwittingly create other problems.
Well, thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.
We have to rebuild readiness. We have to modernize the force.
I also noted, and you acknowledged, that only half of Cyber Command's uniformed cyber mission forces are initially capable.
One of the points that you both made and I made in my statement was the decision by Secretary Carter to lower the number of combat air patro...