Kay Bailey Hutchison: “The GAO also said that they were concerned about the lack of comprehensive cost data that the Army used.”

NATO is the most successful defense and security alliance in the history of the world.

I thank the distinguished chairman of the Appropriations Committee as well as the ranking member because as soon as our leaders get back from the White House I certainly want us to be able to go forward and vote. To finish my remarks, we…

Decisions on enlargement are for NATO and the nation in question; no other outside country, such as Russia, has a voice in the process.

That is something that has to be, from the NATO standpoint, a consensus. Some of our allies are concerned that a withdrawal would make Russia more aggressive.