"Some up here like to argue that we have the smallest Navy since WWI. In reality we now have highly trained, all-volunteer crews that operate the most technologically advanced ships in the world."
"Based on the threat and the risks at sea and our desire to project power and answer the call to execute the core missions of the Navy, is this the fleet that we want, the fleet that we need, or the fl..."
"Congressman Wittman, thanks."
"Transition, then, is the linchpin of our strategy, not merely the way out."
"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..."
"throughout history, insurgencies have seldom been defeated by foreign forces. Instead, they have been ultimately beaten by indigenous forces."
"I will be interested to hear how TRANSCOM is managing these challenges and what efforts are being made to further develop the Northern Distribution Network through central Asia."
"the new Yemeni government will need assistance in order to reorganize its military under civilian control and build capacity to deal with critical national security threats."
"I think you are being asked to do an awful lot with a lot less."
"In my opinion you are being asked to do more with a lot less."
"With China's rapid military modernization, do you see the United States entering into a Cold War-type scenario with China in the coming years?"
"General, East Africa remains a key operating and training area for Al Qaeda associates, and specifically, the Somalia-based terrorist group al-Shabaab."