I would like, before we come forward with our recommended military construction appropriations report, to know what is the German and Korean contribution to the requests that are being made.

The Marine Corps does need to continue to explore other alternatives, just in case our preferred alternative, which is Guam, runs into problems.

I think that we need to be looking at efficient use of taxpayer dollars as well as security.

Germany has not been forthcoming in the past in sharing expenses and they have higher quality requirements which make military construction more costly.

I share your sense of urgency about the need to confirm a new leader for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Well, I understand your inability to make a clear answer. But I am going to be very interested in following this because I just think that there are some jobs that aren't 9 to 5, and when people apply for them, they should know it is not 9…

I think your service to your country, 33 years, is very impressive and being Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army, Director of Operations for the Defense Intelligence Agency are great qualifications for this job.

I think that is something that you are going to have to take under your purview.

However, there are efforts ongoing for collective bargaining by TSA screeners, and previous TSA Administrators have said that they would be very, very concerned about collective bargaining not allowing the flexibility that they need.

Could you give me a couple of the major points that you determined Korea would not be as helpful to the marines?

Sixty-eight percent of the President's budget request for TSA for 2011 is for aviation security.

I may want to pursue that further when I look at what some of the relationships are with former clients.