Chuck Hagel: “We should wipe nuclear weapons from the face of the Earth.”

Climate change is a national security threat.

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.

When you have a national leader, our national world leader, who has left dignity behind, decency behind, honesty, integrity behind them, that's where you start.

One would have to suspect the motive behind the effort to put together this panel.