James M. Talent: “I do also, and certainly would hope that the agency will move toward as much securitization as financial soundness…”

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

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…

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.

I would just suggest I think success means protecting the American homeland, the territorial integrity of allies, the economy, from attacks.