Richard Shelby actually said...

"Moving over to Iran now because down the road a lot of us believe they pose a missile threat and probably a nuclear threat."

"As much as you can in this setting here, could you explain how the threat from North Korea is advancing and describe the importance, General, of improving and expanding our homeland missile defenses?"

"But are you concerned about the capability gap in missile defense for Europe as a result of this?"

"So where does this new East Coast-based missile defense site rank in your priority list?"