Lindsey Graham

Would you consider a cyber attack generated from the People's Liberation Army of China against our national security infrastructure, should that be considered a hostile act?

So if we captured somebody involved in a cyber attack that was affiliated with al Qaeda, they would be treated differently than a common criminal.

I think the bipartisan effort that resulted in the lowering of that ratio from 100 to about 16 to 1 was something that was long overdue.

This war requires a team concept.

Sequestration, as it's set up, would devastate DOJ, our ability to defend ourselves, and destroy the military.

I think Senator Alexander will have a discussion with you about that, but I take a different view.

Like crack cocaine. We finally fixed that, but that was just sort of an indefensible sentencing disparity.

I do support Article III courts for terrorism trials, when appropriate.

Without some basic rule of law, no country can develop.

I think we've Federalized way too many crimes, creating work for our judiciary that could probably be handled better at the State level.

Is there a growing will to use that capability by our enemies?

The longer it takes, the more you make. The more it costs, the longer it takes for the contractor, the more they make.

If you want to double that, you're going to destroy the best military we've ever had.

I think there's a high risk.

It's not something I'm very proud of, and it's going to take bipartisanship to undo this.

If we do not change the sequestration dilemma, if we don't do something about it before the election as a Congress, when can we expect layoff notices to hit?

I would urge you to do it sooner rather than later.

There's a Pearl Harbor in the making here.

What I would do is look at conditions for what we expect them to do.

You're having to make choices between the retired healthcare costs and fighting this war and future wars.

If we go down by 87,000, if there are any major land engagements sustained over a period of time, the Guard and Reserves are going to be asked to do more, not less.

The sequestration is just a really bad idea.

Do we have the adequate infrastructure in this budget reduction environment to take care of issues that may arise down the road from the last 10 years of fighting?

The Defense Department is more than paying its fair share.

This is a severe aberration and does not reflect who our men and women are, in terms of their behavior under stress.