Adam Smith actually said...

"I am reasonably confident that North Korea sees the threat of launching a full-on war against South Korea or Japan and the consequences of that."

"U.S. presence in that region has never been more important."

"As much as I would love on this committee to be able to pull defense out and say we can ignore everything else, we aren't just members of the defense committee."

"I don't agree that we can somehow pull defense out of the entire rest of the Federal Government."