The likelihood of a terrorist organization being able to access nuclear materials in the hands of the Iranian ayatollahs would be greater, not less.

The bottom line is if we have an American military presence post 2014 at the request of the Afghan Government and people that would allow a CT capability, American air power, that would always give the edge to the Afghan security forces…

Do you also believe that all options should remain on the table when it comes to stopping them from getting a nuclear capability?

Do you think they are trying to develop a nuclear weapon? Do you think that is their goal?

Would be the best way to negotiate with the Taliban saying you are never going to take this country back over militarily. You need to get involved in the political system.

I think it was mentioned that the intelligence budget is wrapped up in the DOD budget.

In many ways, America would go blind in terms of intelligence gathering.

Congress is about to introduce a resolution that says containment of a nuclear-capable Iran is not a good national security strategy.

Would you agree with me that if America ever needed a smart intelligence network, it is now?

Would you say it would result in destroying the ability of the Intelligence Community to adequately defend this country?

I don't see DOD as a job creator for America. That's one of the benefits, but I don't think we should view DOD as a way to just create jobs.

It's hard to ask those who've done the most to secure our freedom to give more, but I'm willing to do it.

I guess my concern is that the lessons learned from the last 10 years is you can't go to war without the Guard and Reserve.

I think what they are doing with drones has been very, very helpful.

Maybe we should be thinking about are these requirements too severe, given the threats that we face and all the good programs are at risk.

If we leave Afghanistan and the issue is in doubt about the future of the Taliban, we will regret it.

The idea of containing a nuclear-armed Iran is not the way to go; the idea is to prevent them from doing it.

Shouldn't we have a hearing one day, Mr. Chairman, about how a system competitively bid could be so overrun with costs and find out where the problem lies?

But my question is about their air force. Their air force would not fly long and it would not fly far; do you agree with that, in a fight with the United States?

if President Karzai continues to insist on us turning over 3,044 law-of-war prisoners that we hold at Parwan prison humanely, a great center of intelligence gathering, if he insists turning those prisoners over to an Afghan legal system…

Winning to me would be withdrawing our forces in a fashion that we could leave where Afghanistan has security forces sufficient to defeat the threats they face.

the United States needs to build a more normal defense relationship with Georgia, including defensive arms sales in coordination with our NATO allies.

We have people in harm's way over there and we need to understand what is best for them.

We have a window of time here to engage both countries, and it is in our national security interest to provide the assistance.

I just envision more drones, fewer manned aircraft when it comes to surveillance, because the cost of losing a pilot in a war is a lot different than it is losing a drone.