To be blunt, there is absolutely no way we can maintain a credible deterrent and reduce the number of weapons in our stockpile without either resorting to testing our stockpile or pursuing a modernization program.
Gates stresses the necessity of modernization for credible deterrence.
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There has to be an agreement between the president and the Congress on actually what has to be done to recapture our industrial-military industrial capabilities.
I think it would be a very heavy political lift for the president to say he's going to cut off military supplies to Israel unless they stop in Gaza.
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