James M. Talent: “I am especially pleased by the fact that seven of the new IRSAC members are small business owners.”

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…

We ought to do for other biological agents what we have done for smallpox and, to some extent, for anthrax; and then continue to support FDA.

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

the biggest enemy I think we confront in this is inertia, and to defeat inertia, it takes tremendous leadership and perseverance.