Angus King

I am a great believer that structure is policy. If you have a messy structure, you end up with a messy policy.

The first requirement would be that the requirements be expressed in no more than 10 pages.

I think that is very important that we do not forget those lessons, that they are embedded somehow in the formal process and in the structure.

Now, has the Army made institutional structural changes to deal with these issues?

Well, that is exactly the experience of the Air Force and to some extent the Navy of doing R&D while you are building.

Where did it break down?

Eighty percent solutions instead of 100 percent.

The pointed language in your written statement that our Army is rapidly reaching a point where we will be outgunned, outranged, and outdated.

But all of those are defensive. I am running out of time, but we need a cyber doctrine in connection with our Western allies that involves an offensive capability as well, do we not?

The arms race economics does not work in this situation.

One of the problems is that what we view as defensive, the other side can view as provocative.

Is it not critical in that piece to have open lines of communications?

I think one of the most profound books about foreign policy, which I recently reread, is 'The Guns of August.'

Clearly work on procurement is an important issue.

That is a shocking statement that we have got to do something about.

That is a terrifying statement because what you are saying is the hotbed of technological development in this country is largely out of bounds for the Department of Defense.

He or she, Colonel. He or she. That is not a question. That is a statement.

I suspect one of the most intelligent people ever to serve in the United States armed forces was Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of Maine who spoke 10 languages, was a college professor, and one of the most successful leaders, of course, at…

We have to use our imagination to realize that if they set out to destabilize Western values, they have done it without firing a shot, and that has got to be part of our strategy.

Somebody once said--I think it was after September 11th, one of the conclusions was our response was a failure of imagination.

Russia, I would argue, has achieved an extraordinary success in the last several years if they set out to destabilize the West and undermine Western democratic values.

The full spectrum of conflicts our armed forces must be prepared to face in the coming decades requires new warfighting concepts.

The threats facing the U.S., as the chairman alluded, are complex and multifaceted.

It is called Solar Reserve where it is a solar facility with concentric rings of mirrors.

Our bill does not mandate that we move forward. It mandates that your lab and utilities, on a voluntary basis, study this as an option.