Political Quotes

“I have enjoyed the colloquy. But let us make it clear, this additional $300 million by the Armed Services Committee was for the purpose of the ground system. And it is our collective judgment that that amount of money is needed to keep an aggressive R&D going. I strongly support it. And $300 million is not specifically earmarked for any system. It in fact is the BMD's program that they have at the moment. We have disagreements as to the total cost. That is clear. But I think we isolated this to be a debate between two individuals who feel equally strongly from their various perspectives. I think we owe it to the American public to do everything we can to put in place such systems to deter against a suitcase, to deter against the Typhoon suddenly coming up and firing its whole load. But I see this as a risk, which I think is far greater, the accidental firing of a single or a double, by either a terrorist or someone who comes in and seizes an installation in China or Russia, some group, band, who goes in and seizes it and fires it somehow. That is what I want to stop.”