Joe Manchin

The numbers that I received show that literacy in Afghanistan is still only 28 percent.

I'd like to talk about using alternative energy sources from home.

You have also stated that your goals for energy security include a commitment to generate at least 50 percent of all the energy the Navy and Marine Corps use from alternative sources no later than 2020.

I recently met with political leaders in the region who expressed their genuine concern for the political stability of the monarchy in Bahrain.

The Air Force is committed to reduce its fuel consumption and the cost of the fuel it buys.

General Schwartz, what is the current status of our modernization program for C-5s?

The Navy fully supports the use of using alternative source aviation fuels that meet all military performance requirements.

General Schwartz, how does the Air Force envision the C-5 mission in future years?

Please give me a detailed assessment of the risks marines are facing by hauling fuel and water to forward bases.

reform the way the Pentagon does business--to not only make every defense dollar count, but also to become a more . . . effective organization.

With the tremendous budget concerns we have within our own nation, if changes are made or adjustments are made to the operation as we know it in Afghanistan today, do you think it will affect the outcome at all, if we reduce the funding?

I believe that fossil energy sources can be made much cleaner by the application of appropriate research and development, and that needs to be a priority as well.

If you looked at the cost of energy in China right now, who has cleaned our clock on manufacturing, has theirs increases as much as ours has in this Nation as far as the baseload power?

Has the EPA read that report?

The only last thing I would say is that you described onshore wind as being mature than offshore wind.

We're fighting a war, the longest war in history, because of our dependency and the unstableness of the Middle East because of our dependency.

But we find it very difficult to continue on because of the EPA's intervention and their very onerous position that they've taken on permitting.

The State of West Virginia, as you know, is an energy State. We're a net exporter of power.

the political process always raises its ugly fist

to the extent that we can get the decision process out of the political process

I think it's admirable.

the draft is the only option that I think that we would have if that's the policy we continue down

I think the hardest thing that I have to understand, I know the people in West Virginia have to understand, is the greatest army that history has ever known, the United States, and the greatest trained and equipped soldiers, we're at…

I support the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010 and the certification process defined in the law.

I think we should get out as quickly as we possibly can.