When you look at World War II spending, you are right. We went up to 42 percent at the height of the war of GDP.

I am completely okay and very much support the idea of civilian control of the military.

Mr. Panetta, are you aware that the Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute has committed years of research and millions of dollars toward developing a very mature prophylactic radiation protection drug?

I am very supportive of an enduring relationship with Afghanistan.

This is a critical area for us regarding Afghanistan.

That takes us to missile defense and to suppress the Iranian nuclear threat could require some pretty sophisticated military capability.

We want you to have sovereignty.

We have learned that long-term detention sometimes is the most appropriate way to gather intelligence that would be humane.

Bringing up to 60 families to the CENTCOM AOR by fiscal year 2015 increases the support footprint.

But my question is, it is not condition-based. As I understand the policy, all troops will be removed by the end of September.

We are asking the Pakistan Government to help us find Mullah Omar, who has tried to destroy Afghanistan, who has formed an allegiance with al Qaeda.

This is not yet over. It is not even close. We still have a fight on our hands in places like Yemen and Somalia.

Please realize, to the committee and those who are listening, that how it ends does matter.

it is critical to have a logistics infrastructure capable of moving DOD's vehicles and assets to and from their reset and storage facilities.

The statement to me that it makes, there is no place you can go and no passage of time that will protect you from justice being delivered by the American people.

Would you at least consider that request?

I just want the country to understand that this is not the Petraeus strategy any longer.

The safety of our Air Force members and their families is our number one priority.

Have we had enough people in RC-East since December 2009 to have an effective counterinsurgency?

Do you agree with me that the Iranians are trying to develop a nuclear program, not for peaceful purposes?

That it does violate the War Crimes Act and it does violate the Detainee Treatment Act.

We are a Nation without a jail, and that is not good for us.

I think it is in our national security interest to have a political, economic, military relationship that extends to 2014.

I really do believe that they are trying to cover up, the Karzai Government and other people in Afghanistan are trying to cover up the extent of the fraud and manipulation in this bank.

One way to defeat radical Islam is to provide an education to young women and young men to give them the tools to fight back.