Jon Kyl: “I think there are some other common-sense things that have not yet been done.”

It makes our planning much more difficult.

Mr. Chairman, Representative Jacobs, the fact is that our current system has deteriorated and aged to the point that we wouldn't be confident in the deterrent value of it on out into the future.

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.

It's enough that it's opportunistic. In other words, we're in a conflict with one, and the other sees that this is an opportunity.