We need a booster rocket that has not yet been integrated into the system.
As we all understand, the American public is terribly concerned about developments around the globe and even within the United States.
One of the confusing elements is the apparent disparate treatment between the threat posed by Iraq and the threat posed by North Korea.
North Korea has a military force capable of a surprise attack, clearly Iraq does not.
Like of all of us, we are expecting the commitment of military forces. I have every confidence that they will prevail.
My point is, I understand we have to build it. But maybe I am missing something, but usually we deploy systems that are at least built, not ...
So there is a possibility that in September 2004, this system will not be deployed?
Secretary White, many of the questions this morning focused on the forces that will be needed to not only decisively engage in defeat of Ira...
The sooner these plans are presented to us, the more opportunity we will have to look at your proposals.
But there is a political connotation to 'deployment,' which I think has gotten in, perhaps.
This seems to be a departure from the--my assumption that we will build a system and then we will test it.
Our response to the North Korean situation has been to refer it to the United Nations, our response to the Iraq situation has been to, we ho...
I think the long-term concern is if we stay at current levels of mobilization, eventually it's going to impact on Reserve component retentio...
it is very difficult to interject military forces into a region and it is sometimes more difficult to get them out
You are going to have to replace them is my point.
Mr. Secretary, I could not agree with you more.
Let me raise the pressure that we are seeing back home with the National Guard and Reserve.
One of the reasons I am concerned about it is that, generally, these things usually take longer and more people than you expect even in your...
