Chuck Hagel actually said...

The President is on record as saying, and I agree, that the United States cannot accept any limits on its BMD systems.

Hagel asserts the U.S. stance against limits on ballistic missile defense.

01/30/2013

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What produces terrorists? What produces instability? What produces uncertainty around the world?

We will have to share it with Congress because, as I said in my opening statement, Congress is a partner here.

The world is a different kind of world today, as everyone on this committee knows. You all travel. You go everywhere. We have new threats.

It is clear to the leadership in Afghanistan and the people that we are not there to occupy.