I have emphasized the importance of fully funding and effectively implementing the BRAC program.
I look forward to discussing military construction and family housing needs with you.
The President has said he wants to close Guantanamo, and I certainly support that decision.
I just think we have got to start looking at the money that we are spending overseas and is it better to have permanent bases in America.
I think that we need to be looking at efficient use of taxpayer dollars as well as security.
I have raised this issue with the Secretary of Defense and the Army Chief of Staff because I am concerned that it will disrupt the commitmen...
The sooner that we can get our service men and women into the new state-of-the-art facilities, the sooner we will live up to our commitments...
I would just submit that in the time that you say we have been looking at this, certainly the infrastructure is worse than we had predicted ...
Germany has not been forthcoming in the past in sharing expenses and they have higher quality requirements which make military construction ...
This is going to significantly increase the cost to American taxpayers.
I would like, before we come forward with our recommended military construction appropriations report, to know what is the German and Korean...