Angus King

Without a deterrent strategy we are simply sitting ducks.

This country lacks a coherent strategy of deterrence in the cyber realm.

King says, 'Structure is policy.'

I agree with the senior Senator from Maine on the intent of this provision and support working with her and our colleagues to move this date to January 1, 2018. I would also offer that to prioritize some actions does not mean to do so at…

On January 9 of this year, the President of the United States said: We are going to come up with DACA. We are going to do DACA, and then we can start immediately on phase two, which will be comprehensive. I think we have to do DACA first…

In the--since we've been talking for the last hour, four people in America have died from drug overdoses, and we're under attack.

I want to thank you particularly for the progress that you've made, both of you.

The Army doesn't have a very stellar record in the history--in recent history, in terms of acquisition.

Should that be a four-star in order to give that person sufficient authority to do the kind of coordination?

I think one of the most important things that's going on now is the Army Futures Command.

I would hate to low ball this and end up with a lack of capacity again in a crisis.

It seems to me that really underlines the importance of the MSP program.

I take it that we are now trying to play catch-up in terms of our capabilities to operate in a contested environment.

But if we are dealing with a peer competitor who has submarines and underwater drones and aircraft, that is a whole different calculation.

I hope that you will be very tough on your partners in these situations because my sense is from dozens of hearings here both in this committee and others that the private sector is not fully cognizant of the threat that they are under…

I consider your command one of the most important, if not the most important, in all of the commands that we have.

So you are committing to me a serious and unrelenting commitment to nonproliferation.

Why in the world in this situation are we seeing a decrease in the activities of the Department in nonproliferation instead of an increase?

What bothers me is that in your budget under NNSA, there is a significant increase for weapons activity.

My concern is that the whole strategy of deterrence breaks down if you are talking about terrorists having nuclear weapons or a nuclear device.

I think countries, at least historically, that choose presidents for life, it doesn't end well for their own people.

I believe that China seeks regional hegemony.

I believe he would do a victory dance.

What you said at the beginning was very important, reunification of the Korean Peninsula.

I believe that UNCLOS [United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea] gives Russia the potential to, 'Own almost half of the Arctic Circle.'