I just asked how many are there.

An unclassified excerpt from the executive summary of a Joint Staff operations assessment... there could be operations impact on U.S. military space operations.

I think pressure should be put on nations to behave in responsible ways.

I would like to be confident that the U.S. Government, DOD is not making commitments with regard to what we plan to do that will bind us and maybe make it impossible for us to effectively maintain our space and missile defense capability…

You don't disagree, do you, that the budget you have does not meet the necessary DOD requirements?

I share some of the concerns that you've raised. We do have responsibility to our constituents to challenge the proposals that are before us to make sure every dollar that we spend is wisely spent.

If we were to let the temporary lapse in the SRM base take place, how much do you anticipate it would cost to restart that industrial base in the future?

the debt is a great threat to our national security.

the greatest threat to our national security is our deficit

What about the manufacture and maintenance of them, the core labs and all that are involved?

The impact of these cuts would be 'devastating' and 'catastrophic', leading to a hollow force.

I think it is a matter worthy of thinking about whether we need that capability.

The sustainment and modernization of the triad will not be cheap and will require long-term sustained commitments spanning future Congresses and administrations.

Balancing the amount of money that you had.

One of the critical issues facing America is to get out of this 'we're not going to do anything about nuclear weapons.'

I suspect we will have war in space one day.

I applaud DOD. You have done a good job of maintaining a clear commitment to modernization despite tough budget times.

Protecting the Homeland from the possibility of a long-range Iranian threat is a real concern.

Of course we know that DOD has been asked to take a very substantial reduction and it had to make tough choices.

I just would say how much I've enjoyed working with you on this.

But you had a requirement to have the 50 to 80 pits within a time period that's no longer going to be met, is that right?

the reason I tend to favor infrastructure spending is it creates American jobs.

I sensed--when I observed the settlement of $1 billion in Alabama, I thought the city couldn't afford that. But before it was over it was about $4 billion.

Well, as I understand the EPA law, and I think it controls what they do, they are not able to say, well, your sewer system overflows, and you have to stop it, but you can do it over a period of time, which they do.

I think that is plain.