Richard Shelby: “The Administration needs these people. I call this a sterling group.”

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

A lot of people, including this Senator, believe that the request is not enough considering the problems in the world.

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.

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