It is important, as he said, that we move these confirmations as quickly as possible because of the very, very large hole that the death of John Roll left in our court system in Tucson and the very large caseload that we have there.
Kyl emphasizes the urgency of judicial confirmations after Judge Roll's death.
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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.
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.
Our responsibility is to be straightforward with you all. You're the ones that appointed us, you're the ones that we answer to.
One of our recommendations concerns ways that we could potentially mitigate the risk of a deterrence gap.
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