If you run a private business, and somebody created a project and you are $5 billion into it, and you find out it actually costs three times more than everybody thought, would you fire somebody?

So is the situation for MOX, we just missed it really badly on MOX, in terms of actual cost?

Let's don't miss that boat.

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.

I want to tell everybody on this committee, that in this war, which has been going on for 14 years now, there are people alive today that would not be alive in any other war.

I think TRICARE, as it is designed, is really antiquated. I would not give it a B.

Why should beneficiaries trust DOD and the Services to deliver on your current promises?

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.

Do you think this is the right number of headquarters staff? If not, what is the right number of personnel required to manage the military health system?

What grade would you give it overall?

You agree with me you could make things more efficient.

Why does it cost more to provide health care services in military hospitals than it cost to purchase the same services in the private sector?

A hospital is a military entity, and the military command structure cannot be substituted.

Okay, because the bed space you have is not designed for everyday activity. It is designed for wartime contingencies. Is that right?

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

We are going to look at TRICARE and turn it upside down and make it more transparent and make it more accountable.

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

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

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.

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

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?

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

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?