"It is going to take leadership, both within the Administration and up here on Capitol Hill--as well as a consensus on why NNSA's mission is so important."
"Our Nation sits at a crucial moment, where cyber attacks are common but have not yet significantly impacted or endangered the American way of life. We have the opportunity to improve prevention and re..."
"How does the Department conduct budgetary oversight of highly classified programs and what will you do to ensure that they do not become black holes on the balance sheets?"
"According to the May 2010 Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Plan Status Report, the Air Force noted that its Statement of Budgetary Resources audit readiness will be dependent on the deploymen..."
"Secretary Hale, thank you for appearing before us today."
"We shouldn't let the term 'irregular warfare' confuse us. It is not an obscure challenge understood and practiced by a few specialists; rather it is becoming the norm for our country."
"cyber space, cyber security is an issue that obviously is growing in importance and presents unique opportunities, but also great challenges to our Nation and our Nation's military."
"One of those is, obviously, our fiscal security. Right now, obviously, the Nation is challenged in that we have a weak economy, and we have exceptionally high budget deficits."
"The Internet obviously has changed the world in so many ways, not the least of which is our Nation's sense of use it in the military and how it has affected modern warfare."
"We face particular challenges there, and we haven't quite gotten our arms around what those challenges are and how do we best guard against that threat."
"Obviously, diplomacy, information, our military power, our economic power, these are all vitally important to our national security."