Ben Nelson: “Do you believe this forward-deployed radar in Turkey is a significant contribution to our Homeland defense capability?”

We cannot just be catching up or trying to stay at par with the rest of the world or otherwise our defenses are down.

Let me add my thoughts. We ask you to reduce budgets, to watch the growth, and then when you come before us after you've done it, then we question why you've done it and whether you've done it right or not.

double the number of ICBMs the current force is capable of defeating without adding a single new GBI

I'm very much in favor of moving forward with a follow-on treaty.