Jon Kyl: “I wish to speak on a different subject primarily, but in view of my colleague's comments and my disagreement with them…”

The answer to your question is yes.

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.

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.

It makes our planning much more difficult.