"There's no public official who's served Virginia in the last century who is as admired, by Virginians of all political persuasions, than Senator Warner."
"If confirmed, going forward in Europe, one of the concerns that I've talked about to my fellow commanders in Europe are the three things that my wife talks about every time we move: schools, housing, ..."
"I think the U.S.-Turkey relationship is one of the most strategically important right now."
"There is a concern about tomorrow as well."
"The one thing that they were most concerned about was effects on training, the backing up of assigned training slots at various training facilities."
"In making sure that the Guard maintains that desired state going forward, that makes things like retention and the training of guardsmen and reservists--ongoing training--absolutely critical."
"I would suspect that some of the short-term savings we might be trying to obtain through something like sequester actually may work to our long-term disadvantage even on the savings side."
"Going forward, there is no intent from a planning perspective that the Guard would revert back to just a pure Reserve function."
"In your judgment, are the Afghan security forces on track to assume the lead responsibility for security in Afghanistan, starting this spring?"
"I can't think of a worse outcome for America than for us to lose in Afghanistan after a dozen years of fighting."
"Would you agree with me that the number of troops in any theater is not an end, but it is a means to an end..."