Jon Kyl: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I wonder if maybe we could work with the Committee that Chairman Lieberman and Ranking Member…”

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.

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

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.

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.