John Kerry: “Admiral Mullen says: We believe that the Phased Adaptive Approach will adequately protect our European allies and…”

“Admiral Mullen says: We believe that the Phased Adaptive Approach will adequately protect our European allies and deployed forces, provide the best long-term approach to ballistic missile defense in Europe, and support applying appropriately modified Phased Adaptive Approaches in other key regions as outlined in the Ballistic Missile Defense Review Report. They are the ones who requested to Carl Levin and others, the Joint Chiefs, combatant commanders. And he said: . . . I also fully concur with the Phased Adaptive Approach as outlined in the Ballistic Missile Defense Review Report. As with the Nuclear Posture Review, the Joint Chiefs and combatant commanders were deeply involved throughout the review process.”