The most important thing--and Senator Gillibrand touched on this--is the command climate that we hold commanders responsible for establishing.
It clearly exposes North Korea's willing defiance of the international community and United Nations (U.N.) Security Council's resolution.
We are committed, I believe, to maintain the triad of air-launched missiles as well as ground-launched missiles.
It is very important that we replace it in addition to the calculus you just mentioned.
I think China is key to the influence here on North Korea.
We are in the midst of a doctrinal shift similar to the late 1970s and early 1980s.
They did make the commitment to a denuclearized peninsula.
Do you agree that DOD should provide our servicemembers with the greatest level of protection under the MLA by closing these loopholes?
I believe Admiral Greenert is certainly on the record as saying that there is definite concern of readiness among the Navy at this point.
There are many different ways you have deal with the issue, and it goes to some of the questions I raised with Dr. Rooney.
One of the issues that Senator McCain brought up and I think very correctly as the ranking member of the Seapower Subcommittee is the Ford c...