Samuel Nunn: “We should play it methodically, confident in our enduring strengths, and unapologetic about our values.”

He also knows that war should be a last resort and that our Nation must effectively use all of our tools, not limited only to our military, to protect our important and to protect our vital interests.

This vision helps us get up to the base camp. Without that vision, we feel we're going to slip farther down the mountain.

Now is the time to make these investments to provide the foundation for future U.S. security.

I saw how Congress made providing for the men and women in uniform a paramount concern to the basic functioning and strength of the armed services.