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Barack obama set in place a $1 trillion modernization program with elements of the program that are controversial with progressives including cruise missile delivery and a renamed war head. none of it will undo the arrangements we have with the russians. to take on some of what was said, i dont believe vladimir putins comments challenge those either. what donald trump tweeted would violate those agreements. we need to be careful of what with we read about. nothing he said was new. when you look ...

President-elect trump has a cadre of advisers. he should review these issues besides sending tweets in response to putin. i thought they were friends. now were going to have a nuclear arms race because theyre trying to outdo each other? this makes no sense. >> it certainly is not clear whats going on, at least for donald trump. but talk to me. say he does want to ramp up the nuclear program. how is he going to pay for it? whats it going to cost? hes already balked at the idea of paying $4 millio...

Comments warranted? >> no, they werent warranted. what we have is foreign policy by tweet. are we going to have another nuclear arms race? thats what it sounds like. you have putin saying hes going to upgrade his nuclear arsenal to be on the lookout against nato and the united states, and now president-elect trump is saying that were going to upgrade our nuclear weapons? i mean, russia and the united states have 7,000 nuclear weapons each. by treaty, were committed to reducing these. the united ...

To move forward. there are obviously problems that have prevented us from reaching the first stage of finding the solution. and i certainly hope that our colleagues will recognize the fact that this is a unique opportunity that will not be repeated and they need to take advantage of this opportunity. >> were joined now by stove klem --clemens. what is your assessment? >> were really close. we have two issues left. one, the sequence by which sanctions would be removed and secondly a debate over i...

$200 billion for efficiency, then cut a modernization program from each service. this $487 billion is on top of that and that contributes to the risk. you put your finger on the number one risk, reduction of our ground forces. frankly we have done this after world war ii, korea, vietnam and soviet union and the planners we have now are betting on the fact we will not have a ground war of consequence in the near future. the problem is that the dod planners that existed in the previous 40, 50 year...

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Works for a new president now. he does. >> no question about that, shep. here is secretary gates on october 28, 2008. >> 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. >> and today the obama administration made it clear there will not be a new nuclear war head, shep. >> shepard: anything from the pentagon on this? >> well, yes. par...

Engineering developments well give strong options to refurbishment or reuse. replacement of nuclear components would require specific presidential approval. the united states must make much needed investments to rebuild our infrastructure in facilities and personnel. i have asked for $5 billion to be transferred from the department of defense to the department of energy to improve our nuclear infrastructure and support a credible modernization program. there are areas of continuity in this repor...

Arsenal ten fold. you are hearing from the secretary of defense weighing in. what did sent mattis say? >> well, no surprise is agreeing with the president. but lets just say for everybody there was a report from nbc news earlier today. and thats pretty much how the day started at the pentagon. that the president had told military commanders he wanted a ten fold increase in nuclear weapons. that would be significant dra mat lick unprecedented, not too many ways you can describe it. the pentagons ...

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