I worry that Congress doesn't make your job any easier. In fact, sometimes it is a nuisance to deal with the legislative branch, but nonetheless we are here.

I do suggest that it is probably better to build coalitions than to champion causes individually.

I was just wondering sitting here listening to the testimony if we need to have another hearing to allow some of these folks to give the counterarguments because some pretty serious charges have been made here, including inventing numbers…

Nearly everything you say is accurate except for that last part. Nashville barbecue is way better than Memphis anyway.

Is there an equivalent forum to this panel in Russia or China or another country that would allow the world to see the thinking of the foreign policy elites regarding intermediate nuclear forces?

Why should we abide by the Treaty if Russia is unwilling?

So let's not put ourselves at further disadvantage by establishing a de facto requirement that as soon as you learn something you tell everything you know.

It worries me, two things that have come out in this hearing. One is the universal tendency of anybody in Congress to blame the administration.

The NNSA experiment has failed.

Anybody in Congress should hesitate about giving anyone else management advice, because Lord knows this institution is not run properly.

There is something remarkable going on even within the NNSA today.