We know how real the North Korean threat is as 4 years ago tomorrow, North Korea fired a torpedo sinking the South Korean ship Cheonan killing 46 sailors.

For example, the Navy spent $170 million on algae fuel, which costs four times as much as regular fuel, which means, potentially, $120 million was spent unnecessarily.

Even in these tight budgetary times, the Navy budget now contains nearly $70 million, in this year's budget, for a request for the Navy Energy Program, which funds R&D activities such as the Algae Fuel Research Program.

I want to be a Ranger; can I go to Ranger school?

I think we are all agreed that we want to implement policies that will maximize the safety of the men and women who are serving on our base.

wouldn't it make sense for the Nation if we could find places for those soldiers in the National Guard, so that we don't lose this experience?

It seems to me there are a great many other areas in the DOD budget that ought to be much higher candidates for cuts.

I guess another potential area to deal with that threat is to improve our capacity with regard to missile defense.

Those proposed cuts concern me greatly.

My final question is this. In a hearing before this committee, Secretary Hagel responded to this same line of questioning, and he characterized the algae fuel program, and also programs such as a wind farm in Alaska that was built where…

Secretary McHugh, section 565 of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2014 requires you to review the terrorist attacks committed by Nidal Hasan at Fort Hood in 2009.

I am greatly troubled by these proposed cuts and am not convinced that other less painful measures have not been taken first.