Jon Kyl: “Extremely disappointed in any effort in that vein.”

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.

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.

That's why we say that has to be decided now.