Angus King

I agree that we need to have that public debate sooner rather than later.

We are deterring aggression, which may come in a variety of forms, one of which could be cyber.

It struck me as a large, unsinkable aircraft carrier in the midst of the most strategic spot in the North Atlantic.

Do you believe that we should at least consider, subject to the approval of the people of Iceland, some reconstitution of our capacity there?

This is one more area of their what I consider very effective playing of a weak hand.

It is inexcusable that the country that invented Hollywood and Facebook is being defeated on the information battlefield.

I think communication is an important component of deterrence.

I think this is our gravest sort of state-to-state danger, is misunderstanding and leading to accidental conflict.

Part of Russia's history is a kind of paranoia about the West, going back to Frederick the Great and probably Napoleon.

To me the amazing or very interesting and illuminating part of this map it shows the borders of the Soviet Union in 1989 and today the borders or Russia.

It would be a mistake as a matter of national policy, rhetoric, or discussion if we attempted to alienate or marginalize Muslim citizens of anywhere in the world because these are our allies in all of the fights that we are engaged in in…

I want to compliment you on your written statement. It is a primer on the region.

To solely rely on military strength in solving these very complex and difficult problems would be a serious mistake.

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 dickens out of this.

I was really struck, Admiral, by your statement that 65 or 70 percent of the attacks are essentially preventable.

I think the other piece that is very important that you have talked about is digital literacy. I think it needs to start in the third grade.

It has got to start with the direction from the President that we are going to have a policy.

In my view, the major impediment is the structure which is so cumbersome and confusing and overlapping and dispersed that that produces cumbersome, overlapping, and dispersed policy.

Just a rough calculation, for the cost of one jet aircraft, the Russians can hire 4,000 hackers. I mean, what the Russians did in our elections was warfare on the cheap.

I think the United States must take the leadership here if for no other reason than the dominance of the United States in the technology and as much of the world's infrastructure that originates here or passes through this country.

That gets to my point about it has to be public. People have to know what the rules are.

Well, I don't think we have five years. This is the longest windup for a punch in the history of the world.

I think we've got to have the capacity to deter.

If you're right, that technically we can't defend ourselves, then deterrence is the only answer.