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Aisle, are rightly concerned about how he may respond when tested by russia, iran, north korea, and other transnational threats such as cyber. Considering some of these hotspots in the world in detail, i would like to start with iran, which remains a top concern for this committee. Their behavior with respect to forces across the region has not improved and irans unsafe actions have continued. I believe the joint plan of action is the most effective way to prevent iran from resuming their Nuclea...

Responsive leg and they can be launched at a moments notice. you mentioned the targeting challenge of our icbm force, and what that targeting challenge poses for our adversaries. could you explain that further? >> maam, in my review of the triad that you brought up here, senator, i looked at each one of those legs, is it necessary. and i havent had access to all the classified data, but i had a fair amount of background on this. and some of the aspects of why we have a triad have not changed. so...

Country and thank you again for your willingness to step forward and serve us once again. i was happy to see your responses to the advanced policy questions confirm the importance of nuclear weapons, which you describe as fundamental to our nations security and your statement that, quote, we must continue with the nuclear modernization plans of all three legs of the triad, unquote. you brought up an important point that theres a broad recognition that the legs of the triadd have different streng...

Icbm force and what that targeting challenge poses for our adversaries. could you explain that further. >> maam, in my review of the triad that you brought up here, senator, i looked at each one of those legs is it necessary. i havent had access to the classified data but i had a fair amount of background on this and some of the aspect, of why we have a triad have not changed. in looking at each leg of it with the icbm force, its clear they are so buried that any enemy thats going to take us on ...

Will. the pentagon, however, not saying publicly what the target was, offering any details about it. theyre holding those cards very close to their vest. >> barbara, remind our viewers why the u.s. would choose to use drones and what their special capabilities are? >> well, the thing about the drone, t.j., first and foremost its unmand, remote controlled, so you have no risk of a pilot being shot down over enemy territory. they can fly low, they can fly and shoot very, very precisely. thats the ...

So the drones can get down low, fly slow, stay up for very long time and try to get a really good picture before they fire their weapons. but make no mistake, this targeting challenge is proving very, very troublesome to nato and could be even more problematic in the days ahead as they try to make progress on all of this. >> our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, we always appreciate you being willing to jump on the line with us on cnn saturday and sunday morning. breaking news on a number o...