Andrew P. Hunter: “Mr. Chairman, this is a centerpiece of our strategic deterrent. The amount of money we are talking about here is less…”

I think anytime that you have a situation where academic freedom is being constrained, that has real implications for national security.

The government needs to be very discriminating about how it approaches and how it invests its R&D dollars.

I think what today's hearing and what this situation and NATO's eastern flank highlights is the fact that we don't have a tremendous amount of time to wait around for the next great Army to show up in 10 to 15 to 20 years.

I think the key is deterrence, because I think the truth is, whether it is the scenario that we looked at, the scenarios war games there, there is no certainty of victory if the Russians make a serious move against the Baltics, at least in…