Lindsey Graham

The budget is not just a collection of numbers. It is an illustration of our values.

I think, very eloquently, that America's investment in foreign policy is a national security insurance, and I think he is right.

American engagement was essential to our rapprochement between Turkey and Israel, a positive step toward stability in a volatile region.

America's investment in foreign policy is 'national security insurance.'

I think much of foreign policy today is, and ought to be, economic policy.

I just hope the international community is listening to you and we find a way to end this war.

If nothing changes in North Korea, if they continue to be a military totalitarian state, ... it's just a matter of time before they have technology to reach us.

To me, winning now would be having the King survive, controlling the chemical weapons.

Our Nations' historical experience of pursuing cost savings by cutting military compensation has demonstrated that periods of designed reduction in overall compensation levels resulted in retention problems.

How much will it cost for your Service to field a new EHR?

Secretary Lamont, Secretary Garcia, and Secretary Ginsberg, was your Service consulted to determine the cost impact of extending these benefits to same sex partners?

What impact do you anticipate for your Services' medical readiness?

What additional challenges do you see in attaining the required level of standardization?

It is unconscionable that servicemembers must wait many months to receive a disability determination from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

I am concerned about the potential impact of civilian furloughs on the Services' critically important family support programs.

But one thing I think would destroy morale is to believe that your spouse is not well equipped and well trained.

So the glide path for the budget is pretty much not growing very fast, but health care costs are.

Do you agree with former Secretary Panetta, that when it comes to benefits paid for by hard-working American taxpayers, that DOD should favor same-sex domestic partners over heterosexual partners?

DOD and VA have been working on an integrated electronic health record (EHR) for a number of years with very little progress being made.

What additional tools does your Service need in order to continue to reduce--with the goal of eliminating--sexual assault?

This committee is concerned that medical care providers were not fully aware of their obligations concerning restricted reports.

They really have not been adjusted since 1995, have they?

This is really a wonderful opportunity to make sure that Congress listens and we get it right.

The country has enough problems without making me secretary of anything.

We are going to have to do something about TRICARE. We are going to have to make it more sustainable...