If confirmed, I will reexamine the Corps' business model and make every effort to employ modern business practices to make it as efficient and effective as possible.

The Federal need for the Guard is probably the greatest since the American Revolution itself.

I think that would be a good decision for the future of Afghanistan.

I think it is a growing threat and I want to see what our military can do to help the law enforcement community to deal with it.

I could not agree with you more.

DOD has a critical role in developing and executing the Nation's approach to cybersecurity.

the army has to be a reflection of the nation and not a reflection of one particular ethnic group

Counterterrorism is an insurance policy for America to make sure the Taliban never comes back and al Qaeda does not regroup.

I think the bilateral security agreement... is what will make the gains that we have in Afghanistan.

none of us are going to stand for one person who has been caught three or four times by American forces going back to the battlefield killing Americans again.

I think there is a trust problem that the Air Force must address and improve.

We want to help you to start a new chapter, for lack of a better word.

I believe Afghanistan is salvageable, but if we do not do some things differently, it will not be successful.

I would appreciate if you would find out before we vote.

You have really accorded yourselves well, and I want to share Senator Hagan's comments about the way you recognize your family.

I want you to go because you and others fought so hard and it is coming apart and I do not want that to happen to Afghanistan.

if the Afghans insist on keeping American soldiers in Afghanistan without legal protections as we have afforded our troops throughout the world, I will not vote for one penny and this war will come to an end.

Is it possible at all to lose in Afghanistan and it not be catastrophic to the future of Pakistan?

I think we would need full protection for those in uniform.

Mr. Kendall, for several years, congressional defense committees have expressed concern that proprietary terminal control interfaces are inhibiting competition in CDL procurement.

If Congress does not get a handle on TRICARE and health care costs that are growing exponentially in the DOD budget, that you are going to have to make some draconian choices in the future between health care for our families and the…

That has been the norm in our Nation's history and all other wars and conflicts.

If China engages in a cyber attack upon the United States, do you consider such an attack to be a hostile act against the United States?

BRAC enables the Department to reconfigure its infrastructure to match the demands of leaner, more flexible forces and to accommodate the changing strategic emphasis.

It is three times longer than it took to build the Panama Canal itself.