I think you have given an excellent summary of the challenges facing the Marine Corps and the Navy.

A lot has changed in the last 10 years, and it has certainly made sense to have the top leadership at the Pentagon get together and look at those changes.

I am particularly interested in the new laydown, the shift in the focus to the Asian theater.

I have consistently said that we can rationally evaluate our national security strategy, our defense expenditures, and the current set of missions we ask the military to undertake and come up with a strategy that enhances national security…

Over the last few years, with the strong support of the Navy and Marine Corps, our military has put together a significant string of foreign policy successes, including the death of bin Laden, Anwar Al-Awlaki, the elimination of much of Al…

A key component of this strategic shift is, as Secretary Panetta stated yesterday, a 'Navy that maintains forward presence and is able to penetrate enemy defenses and a Marine Corps that is a middleweight expeditionary force with…

This budget is also fully consistent with the funding levels set by the Budget Control Act passed by Congress.

Over the last few years, our military has put together a significant string of foreign policy successes.

I believe the fiscal year 2013 defense budget meets that goal.

I would just like, as you are still trying to figure out what exactly to do in Okinawa, if you could consider perhaps more marines going to Guam and also not just rotational but on a permanent basis.

the overall budget that the President submitted contained $3 trillion in 10-year savings.