Chuck Hagel said...

Our nuclear deterrent plays a critical role in assuring U.S. national security.

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

It is a measurement. But I don't think it is the measurement. I mean, I was in a war with a lot of body counts every day...

We had better pay attention to what our scientists, our intelligence people, our military leaders are saying how serious...