Joe Manchin

For the projects that use bio-fuels, what are your concerns about your ability to readily buy these types of fuels and have a steady supply?

A year-long fiscal year 2011 continuing resolution will not impact this project as long as the fiscal year 2012 President's budget request is acted upon in a timely manner.

has the Navy done any analysis on what would happen if the Fifth Fleet were no longer welcome in Bahrain?

Secretary Pfannenstiel, as you know, the Fifth Fleet is stationed in Bahrain, a country that is undergoing a great deal of turmoil right now.

What is your assessment about how our Guard and Reserve facilities will meet operational needs without additional support in the President's budget and by Members of Congress?

We're throwing all of our eggs in a basket of clean--I mean of renewables.

We need incentives. We need financing mechanisms.

We should be having a more robust portfolio than basically picking winners and losers.

Are they over regulating or over legislating their base load coal?

Thank you both, to General Petraeus and Secretary Flournoy, for your service.

If we're not asked to stay, and they are not at the level, and the investments that we have made at that point in time, what do we do?

I know we're spending about $1 billion a month in that effort.

If I may, it'll depend an awful lot on the determination and commitment by their own government and their own leaders to continue this or it'll be a catastrophic failure at the greatest proportions, and money committed to the, by the U.S…

The thing that I'm having a problem with, being the former Governor of the State of West Virginia, I know we train our State police, 26-week paramilitary training, to go into all aspects of the police force.

How is that China is the only country that is willing to go in there? How can China do it successfully?

It's been said that basically we know what they're doing and we know the jobs that we've lost.

I was privileged enough and honored to go over and visit, and we spend so much of the taxpayers' dollars trying to build this goodwill and stability around the world.

China? So, Donald Trump's right.

So, it was very disturbing, I will tell you that. The billions of dollars that's invested on an annual basis, and to have the poor relations that we have, or the public opinion by the countries that we're really trying to help. That's…

Those of us who can recall the Cold War and the superpowers of the Soviet Union and the United States...

That's their intent right now, is, the buildup that you're seeing--you all definitely are watching their buildup militarily.

Will there be any type of transition at first like for 6 months or 90 days or any of that?

But if the plant that's providing the electricity is running at only 34 percent efficient, that doesn't make sense.

Is there anything that you are doing to make sure that the people really understand what the savings are?

I don't see the effort being put forth on the real high end which would be the utilities, if you will and in my State the coal fired plants that need to be retrofitted.