Richard B. Nugent: “A plan is what we have here in front of us today, and it's a new way forward. I hope my colleagues on both sides of the…”

This is a decision that essentially takes the 'air' out of 'airborne.'

One of the recommendations I believe from that panel was also to invest more in medical countermeasures. Are we doing that? Are we investing more or are we staying status quo?

I think we can do that, but I think we need to avoid as some people are trying--seeing Kurds as the solution to this problem.

You know, without maritime lift capacity, my sons that are all in the Army are going to be kind of hard-pressed just because you can't put a Paladin or an Abrams--you can't carry very many on an aircraft.