"I applaud the Department's willingness to seriously examine reducing DOD's overhead and administrative costs."
"If the Budget Control Act's sequester-level caps remain in Fiscal Year 2014 then what impacts will this have on DOD's modernization portfolio?"
"I would simply emphasize the importance of having discussions with Congress sooner rather than later."
"My understanding of the LCS program is that the ship is critical to the Navy's network-centric warfare and intended to replace three other classes of aging ships."
"I have long been concerned about the ability of our basing and infrastructure to withstand the cyber attacks that could reasonably be expected in any conflict scenario."
"The strategic guidance emphasizes the presence of U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) in the Asia-Pacific region."
"Your insights are clearly invaluable as we look to rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region."
"I would disagree respectfully with the ranking member who would say that this is not going to have any benefit at all."
"There is also the troubling fact that there have been approximately 100,000 people that have been killed in this conflict."
"I think that the argument that has been raised today about some type of limited strikes have merit."
"I am deeply concerned that the spillover of both refugees and violence into Lebanon could further destabilize that country."