"Ladies and gentlemen, I will call to order the House Committee on Armed Services and the Subcommittee on Readiness to order."
"I think it is extraordinarily important to look at sustainment plans, what elements should be in those sustainment plans..."
"I am really dismayed about where we are putting our Air Force and all of our military branches with sequestration."
"And, again, thanks for your endurance on this most recent trip to Afghanistan."
"Our problem, of course, is that we have to balance readiness now for what now versus readiness 10 years from now."
"If something was to happen literally tonight in Korea, obviously, the people that were stationed in Korea and in Japan are the ones that would actually be doing the fighting tonight."
"allowing the Air Force to slip to a lower state of readiness requiring a long buildup to regain full combat effectiveness negates the essential strategic advantages of airpower and puts joint forces a..."
"I was alarmed when General Odierno testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee yesterday that we are heading toward a hollow force and that budget cuts could threaten Army readiness levels on..."
"General Dunford, have you seen any decrease in the overall readiness of the U.S. forces that are being deployed to Afghanistan?"
"General Dunford, what are your top concerns and challenges with the reset and redeployment of U.S. Forces from Afghanistan?"
"What are specific conditions on the ground, relating to both Afghan National Security Force capabilities and the capabilities of the enemy you will be examining to manage the U.S. troop drawdowns?"
"As a bottom line up front, it is ISAF's assessment that the momentum achieved by the Taliban in Afghanistan since 2005 has been arrested in much of the country and reversed in a number of important ar..."