Jon Kyl: “I appreciate that and would just note if we could get a response to that letter, I think it would be very helpful.”

The answer to your question is yes.

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

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.

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.