James M. Talent: “We fear our military lacks the capability to attract, use, and keep the unconventional, technical, and cutting-edge…”

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…

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

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

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.