Lindsey Graham

The world's just not safer. That's not why we're cutting the budget. We just decided for some reason to cut the budget in spite of the growing risk.

I think our military at home is very much a target of terrorism, but also this seems to be more of an individual who had a hard time coping.

What I want the committee to look at is in terms of our budget deficit, how much if we went to the high risk, could we remotely balance the budget?

I think the whole world watches what we do militarily, and for a long time, we have been the single guarantor of security around the world.

From our enemies' point of view, do you see it likely that China will have a confrontation with Japan over the islands that are in question?

Our military budgets will be at 2.3 percent of GDP.

Do we have any real leverage to stop their nuclear program from developing at the pace they would desire?

If sequestration is fully implemented, what will that mean in terms of the ability to defend this region and to have a deterrent presence?

We are uncertain as to what China will do, but it seems like they are intent on building up the military. Is that a fair statement?

In the top two or three?

An al Qaeda presence in Syria is not good news for many people in the region, so they have an interest, along with ours.

I do not think we need boots-on-the-ground in Syria at all, quite frankly.

I want every Member of the Senate to understand that we are being told by our military leaders and our Intelligence Community that there is a threat to the Homeland building.

I think that conditions would change very rapidly in the region.

I think you had some really good questions coming from my colleagues on the Democratic side.

Any agreement with the Iranians that allows them to enrich uranium is probably going to lead to proliferation.

If the Iranians are given the right to enrich, would you claim an equal right? They all told me yes.

Will you send me a statement doing that actually? I want you to do that exercise.

I just want the point to be that the analysis of numbers is budget-driven, not threats.

I hope it does not happen, but I just want Russia to know that we are not going to sit on the sidelines forever here.

Would you support providing arms to Ukraine, if they asked NATO?

It would be hard to describe this as a time of peace.

Count me in on reforming the military. Count me out when it comes to gutting the military.

I want to be generous to our military men and women.

The problem that we are discussing was created by Congress and the White House.