Richard Shelby: “When will you be--begin to require NOAA to use transparent surveys and real, verifiable, independent data before…”

Deterrence requires spending our limited resources on both offensive and defensive weapons.

As Senator Shelby at our Senate testimony hearing last March pointed out to us, we must maintain what we have before we can build new, and I think he hits the mark head-on.

Regrettably, this was all predictable and avoidable.

A complex and evolving security environment requires a serious commitment to our national defense.