James M. Talent: “A rapid, effective response to a bio-attack can reduce casualty figures from hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands…”

To those who still do not recognize the threat, let me quote from the report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction.

And one worst thing than what we are going through would be if we end up going through it for nothing. And that's what's going to happen if we pull out. I do believe that we can continue to make progress in training up the Iraqi army. And…

My understanding of the science--and I will certainly invite Dr. Cairns and the deputy commissioner to weigh in here--is that probably, of the three, the weaponizing it would be the most difficult but, nevertheless, within the capability…

the warrior ethos is not a luxury, it is essential when you have a military.