Richard Shelby: “It looks like things are for sale in the marketplace.”

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.

I am concerned about this--what this communicates to both our allies and our adversaries.

Regrettably, this was all predictable and avoidable.

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