"Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis' 2018 [Nuclear] Posture Review offers continuity with past U.S. policy and plans, including those in the 2010 NPR. It deserves broad bipartisan support. Its proposal for a low-yield SLBM weapon and a new nuclear tipped sea-launched cruise missile are sensible response..."
"no matter what the President does or doesn't do, he is going to be criticized."
"We have talked a lot about information campaigns by the U.S. and how that is important. But sanctions in other human rights arenas has been very effective."
"What happens to democratic institutions in the United States and in Australia if we don't push back on the kind of influence that they are trying to exert on our political institutions as a democracy?"
"I am really glad to hear that. To accomplish that and the acceleration you talked about, and I am totally in support and really happy to see that."
"I wouldn't want to give them a get out of jail free card if they have acquired a property that has historic mining waste that they are legally obliged to clean up, but if they are just working next do..."
"One thing that seems to be coming out from your testimony is that it is possible to let the perfect be the enemy of the good."
"I have had Good Samaritan legislation pass, not a global solution, a more modest step that would take us part way down the road."
"I believe that it is a good thing that it is being proposed that we have more options, like low-yield weapons or sea-launched intermediate cruise missiles."
"As North Korea continues to expand its ballistic missile and nuclear capabilities, it has also been testing newly developed systems, which I think is a real problem."
"I am not going to ask about the Paris Accord, because that is really not the topic that we were supposed to be discussing today."