"Do you agree or disagree that Assad's reputation within Syria would be strengthened if his regime were able to withstand a U.S. strike?"
"Is there a specific probability or methodology for labeling intelligence 'high confidence'?"
"The Administration has argued that Iran, Hezbollah and North Korea are watching the U.S. response to Syria's chemical weapons use."
"There is a total lack of confidence by those in the accounting community that the status quo has the capacity and the capability to get there."
"I think what you are doing today by providing oversight and focusing on the issue is desperately needed."
"I think we need to look at what we are doing. And we are damaging ourselves by the short-term, disruptive nature of trying to plan for a very, very complex future."
"I am proud and honored to have the opportunity to introduce all of you to Pat Costello."
"The B-1 has been the workhorse of a lot of the operations that have been going on in Afghanistan for about a decade."
"In any future BRAC, will the Air Force focus on eliminating any particular category of excess base infrastructure, more than others?"
"If the Air Force believes it has excess installation capacity and needs to close some bases or consolidate certain activities, do you think a least disruptive approach to our National Security readine..."
"Since cost savings will obviously be the goal of any future BRAC Congress would authorize, how important is proximity to military training areas--especially considering cost of fuel for ground transpo..."