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To make an appropriate conventional contribution so that we can continue to have an influence on policy. but we must also be prepared to bear the burden and it is a burden of having nuclear weapons stationed on our territory or if necessary delivered by our aircraft. is. but its extremely important to understand the situation as part of our overall nuclear strategy. and our ability to help shape policy within the nato alliance this is. in short germany can continue to have a say in nato as nucle...

To make an appropriate conventional contribution so that we can continue to have an influence on policy. but we must also be prepared to bear the burden and it is a burden of having nuclear weapons stationed on our territory or if necessary delivered by our aircraft. is. but its extremely important to understand the situation as part of our overall nuclear strategy. and our ability to help shape policy within the nato alliance this is. in short germany can continue to have a say in nato as nucle...

And our ability to help shape policy within the nato alliance this is until sydney . in short germany can continue to have a say in nato as nuclear strategy only if its prepared to use these weapons. this also applies to nuclear weapons modernization programs there are several nato member states that say existing stocks of weapons are outdated need to be replaced . christensen points out this process is already underway. as far as we can figure out the increased accuracy is about three times bet...

Still got to figure out. so well work collaborative with the faa and other entities to find out what negative impacts may we have seen over 35 days of having the government shutdown? well work to mitigate those quickly. weve got to get the faa academy open, hiring people, here in atlanta we have to come up with a plan to make sure the super bowl goes off without a hitch. but air traffic controllers make the impossible look mundane so its just another day at the office for us. >> do you have to r...

Risks in certain areas. in crafting this package, we prioritized dods strategic interests and matched them to budget resources. this required a series of difficult choices. we chose further reductions in troop strength and force structure in every military service, active and reserve. in order to sustain our readiness and technological superiority. and to protect critical capabilities, like special operations forces and cyber resources. we chose to terminate or delay some modernization programs ...

Are you being hurt? >> one thing i need is predictability. right now with the law of the land is siquesteration. signed 1 march, in there is no other agreement made, well take an additional $500 billion cut over the next 10 years. what that means to the army, we will have to significantly reduce the army structure, we will have to reduce the modernization programs and we will have to reduce compensation benefits for our soldiers. >> jamie: you would like more mony? >> i think -- heres what i thi...

Peter doocey is live. >> reporter: senator graham was nice enough to let us drive around with him exclusively in south carolina while he was meeting with military leaders and constituents. he says iran is moving closer to getting a nuclear weapon every single day while we have been moving closer to automatic, across the board cuts at the pentagon every single day since that debt reducing super committee failed. he says if irans technology is constantly improving and ours isnt, then we are in tro...

Rather, significantly to reduce its excess overhead costs and apply the savings to force structure and modernization. toward this end, starting in june, we embark and a four-track approach to move americas defense institutions toward more efficient, effective and cost-conscious way of doing business. first and most significantly, earlier this year the military services were assigned the task of finding more than $100 billion in overhead savings over the next five years. unlike budget-cutting eff...

Supporting bureaucracies. its about sustaining a military over the long term. so were focused on helping them in their institutional piece of their army. developing long-term programs, developing long-term modernization programs, continue to help them with logistics, continue to help them with supporting military equipment, such as air sovereignty, being able to protect oil fields in the arabian gulf. those are things were focused on as their military continues to progress forward. >> norah odon...