Ben Nelson: “I'm very much in favor of moving forward with a follow-on treaty.”

U.S. forces will be capable of deterring and defeating aggression by any potential adversary.

We cannot just be catching up or trying to stay at par with the rest of the world or otherwise our defenses are down.

I just think there's a danger in going below this level and I think we need to be careful and thoughtful about it.

How are we going to make it work? How are we going to, over a longer strategy, make the dollars work to meet the obligations we've undertaken?