James M. Talent: “I could not agree more with what Michele was saying about we need a whole-of-government approach to these competitions.”

The foundation of America's military strength is the quality and morale of the men and women who have chosen to service.

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…

I certainly agree that these are vital concerns, given the power of cyber weapons, their escalatory potential, and the downside consequences of a miscalculation.

I think if we don't do that, then the other things that you are working on legislatively--as important as they are, are likely to fail in execution.