James M. Talent: “The threat of a bio-attack is, in my judgment, one of the greatest and gravest.”

I think the top-level political authority, which you all represent, what is it you want the outcome of this to be and why?

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.

Part of what you are doing and need to do is to strengthen the civilian elements of national influence.

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…