If I were China, I would not want a nuclear-armed guy right on my border who could threaten me.
Part of the settlement in that case was we had a military force and the threat of military force.
This is a place where we really are in a serious deficit situation.
The real question is what ships do we have that are ready to fight.
Moving into construction before you have a mature design is a recipe for disaster.
I commend you for focusing in this budget on these issues of getting a higher level of maintenance and repair.
That gets to my point about it has to be public. People have to know what the rules are.
I think we've got to have the capacity to deter.
What bothers me, Mr. Chairman, if there is an attack--and I don't think it's if, I think it's when--and we go home, and ...
There needs to be a more robust partnership between what the government, which cannot necessarily dominate this.
I think one thing that the government can do--and General Clapper mentioned this in his agency--is red teaming the dicke...