Chuck Hagel: “A strong, agile, safe, secure, effective, nuclear arsenal for the United States is not debatable.”

It just feeds into all that instability, and unrest, and unpredictability, which makes a damn dangerous world.

Planning for climate change is not some frivolous waste of time, a waste of money. It is essential to our troops and to their wellbeing, and the national security of this country.

The President has determined that closing it is a national security imperative.

There's a perception that it is the military's responsibility to fix the problem. Problems are not fixed by militaries.