03/17/2010
https://www.congress.gov...
"You can advocate all you want, but the resources are not there as we've learned to expect in the past."
"The Department continues to make sustaining and modernizing the nuclear enterprise a top priority."
"No, our nuclear triad and the supporting infrastructure is safe, secure and effective today, but it is also aged and needs to be modernized to remain so in the future."
"In order to meet our global stability and national security objectives, the U.S. must continue to field and demonstrate the capabilities and readiness of our nuclear forces."