If the Marine Corps attacks this problem with the same degree of attention and passion that they attack an issue like physical standards, then you are going to solve it.

s, a skilled workforce is essential to addressing the growing cyber security challenges in the United States. The Department of Defense, DOD, Cyber Strategy, issued in April 2015, cites building the cyber workforce among its objective's…

I do think it is past time for Congress to address it.

If we get over some of the concerns about sequester and we start to budget based on priorities instead of trimming our priorities to deal with budget uncertainty.

Like Chairman McCain, I believe it is time to repeal the BCA.

We had high confidence in the judgment that the Russians clearly were trying to undermine our democracy and discredit us broadly.

If I am correct, the maintainer workforce is an interesting mixture of Active, Guard, and Reserve, some civilians in that workforce.

Ultimately, this is about the budget.

I guess the bottom line is there is no such request from Syria. We do not judge that government capable of making such a request, and we do not really recognize the legitimacy of Bashar al Assad's government.

Secretary Wilson, additionally, the fiscal year 2017 Omnibus contained a provision directing the Director of National Intelligence and the Department to put together a report on making greater access of these launch capabilities.

I think one of the best parts of our DOD budget... is the training work that we do with other nations.

I implore my colleagues to listen carefully to their testimony and heed their admonition to us.

If we are not wise in those investments, we are going to continue to have this challenge of drugs flowing south to north.

The administration and Congress. You understand that Congress has a role in this as well, not just the administration.

I would argue that, over the last 5 years, Hezbollah's relationship with Iran has strengthened and grown as a result of functionality.

We have an opportunity to chart a new and different course.

We owe our men and women in uniform more than that.

I am not opposed to increased military spending. Democrats have and will continue to support robust defense spending.

What is the international legal justification for the U.S. taking military action in another country without the request of that country?

I sometimes think that is a little bit of not really a military calculation but kind of more of a political one.

Can you see any circumstance under which Cyber Command's mission would be benefited by a shutdown of the Government of the United States?

Eighty percent there has not been a nominee forwarded to us in June.

If we should be concerned about the efforts of folks in the United States to work together with or in parallel with an adversary like Russia attacking an ally like France, where should that concern lie in the Federal Government?

We have been living in a 'strategy-free environment' for quite some time.

do you consider these spaceports to be critical infrastructure for the United States?