James M. Talent: “I think the overall effort on a strategic level is going very well.”

A rapid, effective response to a bio-attack can reduce casualty figures from hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands, to thousands or perhaps hundreds.

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.

It is unacceptable that now nearly 10 years after September 11, we do not have a comprehensive National strategy to counter the threat that WMD poses to our country.

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…