They seem to be--I do not want to say denial, but they are certainly downplaying the potential threat from the North.

How do you define effective? 90 percent success rate? 75? 50?

I will just reiterate the feelings of my colleagues in terms of rallying around the troops at this time, regardless of the differences of opinion that may have existed previously.

Largely a North Korea-related problem.

I hope we give some serious consideration to at least repositioning them somewhere out of artillery range.

It's hard to defend the indefensible.

I would trust in your budget that you're embedding additional capabilities to address multiple situations simultaneously.

It's important to emphasize this organization is going to retain its vitality and its mission going forward.

There is a potential there, with our growing military involvement, for that not only to bite our personnel there but possibly here domestically as well.

It seems to me right now that they are insufficient to either fight or deter successfully.

We live in a world unfortunately of multiple threats these days.