Bob Kerrey: “it is somewhat difficult to get back to the somewhat arcane subject of how many nuclear weapons are needed after…”

“it is somewhat difficult to get back to the somewhat arcane subject of how many nuclear weapons are needed after listening to the recitation of the Senator from Alaska of a short, very moving statement that in many ways gets to the heart of the mood we ought to be in when we are discussing our defense authorization bill, which is not just trying to answer the question how we authorize and defend the United States of America but how we give honor to those who have given the highest and most in service to this country. I appreciate very much the presentation by the Senator from Alaska of that memorial because I think it puts us indeed in the correct mood, which is, we ought to be writing this law so as to enable all of us to take action to defend the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic, without regard to some previous ideology that we have held onto for a long time.”