John Cornyn

Our joint base commanders--faced with parallel and often-conflicting Service rules and requirements--are successfully implementing new, cross-cutting business processes.

The residents of San Antonio, known as Military City USA, have long been proud that several military installations, including Lackland and Randolph Air Force Bases and Fort Sam Houston, call their city home.

How can the Army justify Letterkenny's designation as a separate DSOR for the RCV, duplicating the Army's capabilities and investments at RRAD, at a time when the defense budget is under critical review and the Nation is facing a financial…

Why did the Army require a separate DSOR decision for the RCV?

Senator Cornyn. Secretary Westphal, in 2002, Red River Army Depot (RRAD) was designated by the Secretary of the Army as a Center for Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for all Tactical Wheeled Vehicles (TWV), which include the High…

Secretary Conaton, given that the C-17 engine is a derivative of a commercial 757 engine, with over 91 percent commonality, why is the Air Force not seeking competition in the supplier base as the commercial industry does?

Section 805 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2010 deals with lifecycle management.

What other programs will this effort be expanded to in the near future?

I was told--and, indeed, I think everyone is operating under the impression this is going to be an open amendment process--we would have debate on important issues. This happens to be relating to the establishment of a sunset commission…

Given the clear and immediate demand for more trainers and training options in Afghanistan, as well as India's willingness to provide substantial support to stability and security efforts in the region, should we encourage and invite India…

Our goal is for members of the Alliance to abide by the principle of 'in together, out together.'

I think the extent to which someone--and I think that someone may end up being you, General--ought to be able to articulate our objectives in a way that the American people can see the importance to our national security here at home.

Unless we're able to build, to help Pakistan become a more reliable partner... we're not going to be successful.

As long as it's conditions-based, I agree with you.

I was pleased to see some modification of those views expressed through 2014.

I think it would be a mistake, a big mistake, to go down that road again.

The American people have to remain behind our military, and we've seen the consequences, unfortunately, in our Nation's history when that doesn't happen.

I think part of the problem is not that it isn't worth fighting--because I do believe that it is.

It is sort of like the Federal Government and spending. Our debt keeps getting bigger and bigger.

I guess you are looking at the glass being half-full and I am looking at it being half-empty.

I think that was one of the most important things that we were able to do in the legislation, the Open Government Act, is to create an ombudsman that could help the requester narrow the request and to get what they want as opposed to…

I think too often the agencies believe that this is a nuisance to be avoided, and they do not treat the requester as a customer.

I know you and I both believe, Mr. Chairman, that openness and transparency is essential to self-government.

I remain concerned by this administration's insistence on timetables for the future U.S.

What is your assessment of the current relationship between Iran and Venezuela, and of the risk posed by this relationship to U.S. interests in Latin America?