Ben Nelson: “We must improve our acquisition practices to both continue to deliver the critical capabilities our warfighters need.”

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

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.

The LEP for the B61 gravity bomb... is critical. It's an aging weapon and we need to have a LEP underway.

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.