John Cornyn

Using U.S. taxpayers' dollars to supply the Afghan military with these Russian helicopters through an arms dealer which is an agent of the Russian Government, which is also selling weapons to President Assad to kill innocent Syrians, is a…

It strikes me that it's pretty clear that Russia has Syrian blood on its hands and is complicit in that effort.

Could you support a move by Congress to keep these new aircraft in the Air Force inventory, instead of allowing them to be divested, as the Air Force is requesting?

In DOD's strategic guidance announcement in January, both Secretary Panetta and General Dempsey highlighted the need to build in reversibility as these significant cuts to our Nation's defense budget are made.

Russia's primary exporter of military weapons is a State-controlled firm called Rosoboronexport, who the U.S. Government has sanctioned in the past.

I believe we would be, Senator, because of the vital interest to the world economy...

The President of the United States said yesterday that his policy was not one of containment; it was to stop Iran.

Just to list the areas in the Middle East where Iran has its very clear fingerprints...

Only the Iranian people can stop this program.

What do you think Iran's reaction would be if there was a coalition of forces that intervened in Syria...

I wonder if you would agree with the characterization of a think tank here in Washington, the Center for Strategy and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), when they define Iran's strategy as anti-access/anti-denial (A2AD) strategy.

I know you've alluded to al Qaeda activity as opportunistic in the region...

America's European allies remain our Nation's most reliable and enduring strategic partners.

The NATO agreement requires NATO partners provide at least 2 percent of their GDP for their defense, yet many NATO members are failing to meet this goal.

Africa accounts for 14 of the world's 20 weakest states, according to Foreign Policy's 2011 'Failed States Index.'

A strategic opportunity to rebalance the U.S. military investment in Europe has been created

Does the implementation of the Air-Sea Battle concept represent the U.S. policy response to a rising military threat from China?

Taiwan needs to focus its planning and procurement efforts on non-traditional, innovative, and asymmetric approaches.

How important is the F-35 to preserving our interests and freedom of action in the Asia-Pacific region?

Building partnership capacity elsewhere in the world also remains important for sharing the costs and responsibilities of global leadership.

In my opinion, there now exists a serious airpower imbalance between China and Taiwan.

It is critical to ensure the viability of the F-35 for our partner nations.

In your opinion, does China pose a threat to the United States?

A capable air force is important--indeed critical--in a variety of scenarios and to maintain peacetime deterrence.

A capable Taiwanese air force would lessen the burden on U.S. forces in the region.