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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 Nuclear Weapons program. General mattis, while you raise concerns about the jcpoa when it was being negoti...

Responsive leg and they can be launched at a moment's notice. you mentioned the targeting challenge of our icbm force, and what that targeting challenge poses for our adversaries. could you explain that further? >> ma'am, 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 haven't 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 in looking at each leg of it, with the icbm force, it's clear that they are so buried out in the...

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 nation's 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 there's a broad recognition that the legs of the triadd have different strengths. the bombers are visible and therefore they have what i call signaling value. the submarines a...

Icbm force and what that targeting challenge poses for our adversaries. could you explain that further. >> ma'am, in my review of the triad that you brought up here, senator, i looked at each one of those legs is it necessary. i haven't 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, it's clear they are so buried that any enemy that's going to take us on is going to have to commit two, three, four weapons to make sure they take each one out. the icb...

Will. the pentagon, however, not saying publicly what the target was, offering any details about it. they're 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 it's 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. that's the targeting challenge in libya right now and that is what is making this so tough for nato. what we...