Jon Kyl: “Cause and effect is complicated in the economy.”

Our responsibility is to be straightforward with you all. You're the ones that appointed us, you're the ones that we answer to.

The first thing we've got to do is have a conventional capability which is so dominant that no party would ever consider a nuclear attack against the United States.

The answer is yes, it's inadequate today.

One of the things that we noticed in this endeavor is there is a great attitude among the military, among the Defense Department generally in being able to succeed at a mission.