Mac Thornberry: “Which makes it even more disturbing that under sequestration the Navy says they are going to pull all the ships out of…”

This is substituting the judgment of the administration for the judgment of Congress by reducing specific weapons systems that had been authorized and appropriated.

Going to war on the Korean Peninsula would have catastrophic consequences.

It seems unwise to me to start launching missiles.

It is also a challenging political environment, and to be charged with what I believe is the first function of the Federal Government--to defend the country--is a significant responsibility.