"I continue to be concerned about the implications and ramifications to the Department from the leaks of the NSA contractor."
"Do you feel our adversaries, at this point, understand what those red lines are?"
"General Dempsey states that his 'greatest concern is that we will not innovate quickly enough or deeply enough to be prepared for the future, for the world we will face two decades from now.' I could ..."
"I have been working on this issue for years. When I first did a deep dive on this in 2007, I can tell you pretty much nobody was talking about it."
"Thank you very much for your testimony and for your service to our Nation."
"I was remiss in not noting cyber as one of the asymmetric threats that North Korea is developing."
"Your Principal Military Deputy for Acquisition, Lieutenant General Davis, was quoted in the press a few weeks ago stating that 'of course the new bomber will cost more than $550 million per aircraft.'"
"I find this hard to square with the proposed reduction in the National Defense Education Program [NDEP] to roughly half of its fiscal year 2014 level."
"I am a strong supporter of these type of technologies. I think are they are game changing, and they are going to help the fleet be much more effective."
"I hope that the policy decisions will be worked through aggressively so that it is not the policy that is holding back the deployment of the technology."
"My concern is that DOD loses its focus on preparing the next generation."