We have to think about it that way, and begin to come together to protect the values and our way of life.

The Army doesn't have a very stellar record in the history--in recent history, in terms of acquisition.

I want to thank you particularly for the progress that you've made, both of you.

Should that be a four-star in order to give that person sufficient authority to do the kind of coordination?

I would hate to low ball this and end up with a lack of capacity again in a crisis.

Can you commit to me that you will move this to the highest level of priority and kick some behinds and take some names in this interagency cooperation?

I believe he would do a victory dance.

I would urge you to make this a priority.

In the--since we've been talking for the last hour, four people in America have died from drug overdoses, and we're under attack.

I would think in your position it would be helpful to us who have to justify this budget to our constituents to break that down a bit to say, okay, what is it that is current operations and what is it that is paying past due bills in…

My concern is that the whole strategy of deterrence breaks down if you are talking about terrorists having nuclear weapons or a nuclear device.

That certainly would not contribute to--if the Iranians had a nuclear weapon, we would have two rogue states with nuclear weapons on our hands instead of one.

I share the Secretary of Defense's and Chairman's comments on this, that right now I think it is in our interest.

It's still a hot war.

I cannot believe we are having the same conversation today that I remember having with General Kelly 2 or 3 years ago.

What we're seeing before our eyes is a kind of deunification of Europe.

It seems to me that really underlines the importance of the MSP program.

This is simply a question of allocation of resources. This is the most serious public health problem this country faces.