Ben Nelson: “Certainly animal cruelty is something to be avoided.”

Our troops' force protection has to be among the highest priorities, together with protecting the Homeland.

It is encouraging to know that there is that effort at coordination and collaboration because if there is any quick way to lose opportunity or to miss optimization, it is everyone going off on their own way.

Let me add my thoughts. We ask you to reduce budgets, to watch the growth, and then when you come before us after you've done it, then we question why you've done it and whether you've done it right or not.

Double the number of ICBMs the current force is capable of defeating without adding a single new GBI