"Do you believe that the Atlantic Seismic PEIS balances environmental protection, including mitigating marine mammal impact while promoting a better understanding of the available resources in the stud..."
"I call to order the Subcommittee on Readiness of the House Armed Services Committee."
"If we have learned nothing in the last 12 years of war it is that we do need to turn inside the enemy."
"And there is a lot that has been said about whether we will or will not have a bilateral security agreement [BSA] in Afghanistan."
"How dependent are you on OCO for day-to-day operations? How will the dependence change after the majority of, or possibly all, combat troops are out of Afghanistan?"
"Please describe your service's efforts to migrate enduring requirements into the base budget? How challenging has sequestration made that task? What is most at-risk?"
"How does your service's FY15 base budget request reflect efforts to return to a non-OCO budgetary world? What specific functions have you moved from OCO to base?"
"How would your overall readiness be affected by the elimination of OCO?"
"Without the support of OCO, at what point in time would the force return, in large measure, to full-spectrum readiness?"
"the statements that have been made by the President of Afghanistan have been outrageous and inappropriate."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Secretary James, General Welsh, thank you so much for joining us today, and thanks for your service to our Nation."
"I traveled to the Pacific Command a number of times, and I have gone there and I met with our allies, I have talked to our combatant commanders and their staffs and talked about the challenges in the ..."