Lindsey Graham

What I want to do is make sure that in trying to fix a system that I think is very much in need of repair that we do not destroy the one thing that seems to work very well.

The battlefield medical care provided in the last 14 years has produced outcomes historic in terms of warfare.

If you have not done so, could you provide in a three- or four-page report to the committee how you would go from C to A and B-plus to A? Be specific.

What grade would you give it overall?

Let us make sure we do not break the one thing that is working.

Let's don't miss that boat.

If we go back to sequestration, the chance of you getting more ships goes down, not up.

I just want to be on the record, here, that, to those 3,500, plus or minus, American Muslims serving in uniform, I appreciate your service, that of your family, and I respect your faith.

That the biggest victims of radical Islam are people within the faith who will not bend to their will: other Muslims.

If we go back to sequestration, do we compromise your ability to deal with that threat?

But, if we had a larger budget, it would make sense to build more Navy ships, at least from your command's point of view?

In your time in the military, have you ever seen more threats to the Homeland than you do today?

What do you think is the biggest consequence of sequestration to the Air Force thus far?

I think that is the point. We are having all these fights about the A-10. But it is a budget-driven problem.

If we go back to sequestration, what awaits us from an Air Force point of view?

We have to make some very difficult decisions to live within that top line.

If sequestration goes into full effect, Admiral, what does that do to your ability in your theater?

We have a 5 year window here of where North Korea is advancing missile technology and cyber capability.

Are we overly relying on China to discipline and regulate North Korea?

What we are doing is we are having the enemy increasing capability, and we are decreasing your ability to confront the enemy.

In light of the threat that could emerge over the next 5 years from North Korea, if sequestration goes back into effect, does that affect the Army's ability to participate in South Korea effectively?

Would you suggest we use military force, if necessary, to stop that?

Is it in our national security interests to allow the North Koreans to develop missile technology that could hit the Homeland?

This is exactly what's wrong with the Government.

Don't you think it would be important to get their input?