"My comments to them is, look, your folks have to be trained and certified to the same standards as the Active Force."
"how are you planning to integrate our total force capability such as those resident in the National Guard cyber units into a comprehensive CYBERCOM approach, particularly with regard to command and co..."
"DOD cyber operations are quite literally a growth business, and it is one of the rare portions of the DOD that will be growing indefinitely into the future."
"This is obviously an important hearing as our national security is dependent on our information systems."
"The key thing I think is to make sure that as we utilize the National Guard, we are doing it in not only a uniform way but we are doing it in a way so that we have the advantage in two senses."
"We must be ever mindful of our responsibility to make the most effective use of taxpayer's investments in these capabilities."
"I would be greatly interested to hear how we refine the education, recruitment, retention and training of the highly specialized personnel that we need."
"I want to thank our witnesses for appearing before the subcommittee today."
"I continue to be concerned about the capabilities of our bases to withstand a cyberattack directed against outside supporting infrastructure."
"Your command is promoting a concept of regional SOF coordination centers designed to promote regional SOF partnering..."
"Thank you for your testimony. I certainly look forward to hearing more and getting into the questions and answers."