James M. Talent: “I wonder if my colleague read the statement by former Congressman Herman Badillo from New York who called the opposition…”

I think success means protecting the American homeland, the territorial integrity of allies, the economy, from attacks.

But it is really important because the impact of the next 8 to 10 years, particularly in that theater, if they are able--I don't have to tell you all--to operationalize hypersonics, we have trouble because our missile defenses go out the…

What we were hearing back is a greater and greater level of frustration that the system doesn't seem to understand what they're dealing with.

More than ever, the U.S. military must fully engage the entirety of American society, not only to expand the military's access to talent, but to also reconnect the Nation to its military.