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August that he had modernized the arsenal between the time he took office and between august 7th. whats the reality there about our weapons? >> the reality is that, of course, we are in a modernization program. we are constantly life extending the weapons because they are pretty old and they age, and we must maintain them safe and reliable. but this is a multi-decadal issue. its nothing anybody can do in a few months. the question of needing more, i think not. the military judgment has been very...

Existing weapons that we have? because we know president george bush wanted to do that. we know obama wanted to. do our existing nuclear, does the existing nuclear arsenal, is it not good enough? >> we do need a modernization program. president obama got that in notion in the nuclear posture review that president trump ordered at the pentagon is really a follow-on to what president obama set up. whether or not the president wants to own up to that or not. so yes, we need a modernization of our n...

Deterrent is flexible, ready and tailored to deter 21st century threats and reassure our allies. in reality, that is required by the congress. its expected to issue a report by years end. separately, theres already a forced modernization program under way, began during the last administration. the arsenal has been undergoing modernization for the last eight or so months, but the program was actually launched under the prior administration. general, when you heard the president boasting specifica...

Separately, there is a forced modernization program under way. yes, the arsenal has been under way. the program launched under the prior administratioadministrati. were the president boasting specifically of you and under capability since hes been under office. does that make any sense? >> it did not. i was on the joint staff back in 2000s and it was two when one of the last postures reviewed, the nrc. it occurs every five years and this started when there was some problems with the program over...

>> personally ive never heard anything like this. bombers, navy subs which are globally deployed. renovate and modernize our arsenal. its now stronger and more powerful than ever before. there will never be a time that we are not the most powerful nation in the world. so, we have a president whose been in office just over 200 days, has he renovated and modernized our nuclear arsenal in our time? >> its complete nonsense. and there is an ongoing requirement to modernize this force without which w...

And this affinity for russia is very are, a very curious thing. and bear in mind, russia is an existential threat to this country. they emboorkd a very aggressive modernization program. they have a very aggressive counter space program. and these are all designed with one adversary in mind. thats the united states. by the way, theyre in violation of the inch nm treaty. so they are not our friends and are not doing, they are not going to do anything in our interests. >> lastly, how would you desc...

>> senator feinstein, there was a major modernization program that frankly is still in the shakeout cruise at the agency. its been going on for a while, but still lots of things to work through. my observations from my time as an member of congress are their goals were noble and they were trying to get to the right place. in fact many of the changes that were made may well end up making sense. but i think i have an obligation as i go in to evaluate that, share those evaluations with you. ive hea...

Direction? >> senator feinstein, there was a major modernization program that is still in the shakeout crews in the agencies. its been going on for a while but still lots of things to work through. my observations from my time as a member of congress are that the goals were noble and they were trying to get to the right place and that in fact many of the changes that were made may well end up making sense but i think i have an obligation as i go in to evaluate that, share those evaluations with ...

>> senator, there was a major modernization program that frankly is still in the shakeout cruise at the agency. it has been going on for a while, but still a lot of things to work through. my observations for my time as a member of congress are that the goals were noble and they were trying to get to the right place and that in fact many of the changes that were made may well end up making sense. but i think i have an obligation as i go into evaluate that, share those evaluations with you. i hav...

President that is trying to do a lot of things saying one thing that he is going to be cooperative in the transition but not the other, then i think it was appropriate for him to speak out. especially on a subject like nuclear weapons where we as the united states are falling behind when it comes to the capability, flexibility and survivability of our weapons while a modernization program is in the works, donald trump needs to make it clear were going to follow through and make that happen for o...