Chuck Hagel said...

Oh, this is beyond anything that we've seen. So we must prepare for everything and the only way you do that is you take ...

the mission he has been tasked with is to degrade and destroy, not to contain, not to minimize, et cetera.

Our nuclear deterrent plays a critical role in assuring U.S. national security and it is DOD'S highest priority mission....

Because I had the responsibility and I play my own game here. And that is because by law, I am the one official in gover...