"My views on these issues have been informed by a recent trip to Afghanistan."
"I want to take a moment to highlight the extraordinary efforts of our All-Volunteer Force serving in Afghanistan."
"I would like to thank the members of the committee and our witnesses today for your testimony."
"What is the evidence that security situation in Afghanistan will be sufficiently improved by 2017 to allow the ANSF to be reduced by 120,000 troops?"
"If conditions on the ground in Afghanistan do not improve as expected what will be the mechanism for revising the current sizing strategy?"
"What factors will determine the size of ANSF after the U.S. and NATO transition primary security responsibility to the ANSF?"
"Ladies and gentlemen I will call to order the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Armed Services Committee."
"I want to thank you all so much for taking the time out of what I know are busy schedules to help our committee better understand the implications of our 30-year plan for Navy force structure, our def..."
"I think the perspectives that you all provide are extraordinarily valuable."
"I think that is a good point to make sure there is closure there, not just the strategy itself, but how do you hope to accomplish that and maybe have a little longer-term perspective in how that comes..."
"Is this in the best interest of national security, not just based on today's needs but what we project out into the future?"
"Mr. Wittman. Mr. Stackley, I would like to focus on the near-term planning period of the Long-Range Naval Vessel Construction Plan and the Naval Battle Force Inventory."