I think they're shutting the borders down. They're shutting -- they're just sealing off the city, closing the city tomorrow.

It does tell you that there are still gaps. You know, and the French has a pretty aggressive anti-terrorists bill that allowed them to actually go to phone companies without a warrant and get information about suspected terrorists.

It is not contained, as the president said today. I think it's getting worse and we're going to have to do something about it.

Adaptability, including flexibility is, in my opinion, the single most important metric for measuring the adequacy of U.S. forces for the deterrence of foes and the assurance of allies.

we want to deter the Russian Federation from believing it can get anything useful out of a first-nuclear-use threat

The principal role of U.S. nuclear weapons is to deter nuclear attacks against the United States and its allies.

I supported the replacement, modernization, or sustainment of the nuclear Triad, the associated warheads, and the nuclear command and control system.

The way to respond, in my view, is NOT to allocate additional resources to nuclear forces but, rather, to invest in advanced capabilities--such as ISR, EW, cyber, lasers, and space defense--that can enable us to maintain our conventional…

The Final Report of the Perry-Schlesinger commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States stated that, 'Working with partners in the intelligence community, the laboratories should be in a position to advise national leadership on…

This strategy, as described by Moscow, in fact, is a nuclear first-use strategy...

we may be self-deterred from responding in kind because we would have to go too high up the escalatory ladder

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