The need to reform our procurement systems shouldn't stand in the way of developing the weapons we need now and will need in the future.
And even as we made critical investments in the equipment and weapons our troops do need, we're eliminating tens of billions of dollars in waste we don't need.
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"We need a treaty that covers all conventional weapons, not just some of them, " she said.
We need to require owners to secure their weapons in such a way that makes them difficult to steal.
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But while moving forward to carry out mandates of the Moscow Treaty, "we need to increase our other capabilities as alternatives and replacements for the drawdown of the nuclear weapons that we have in our stockpile, " Cartwright told the committee.
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One can only hope he will do more, go past getting a vote to getting the results we need -- background checks, bans on assault weapons and high-volume magazines, mental health care reform, a real effort to stop gun trafficking.
Perhaps we do need more warships, or perhaps we might get more bang for the buck from investing in smart weapons and cyberwarfare.
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Administration officials and others take our superiority in the air for granted and thereby conclude we don't need to make big investments on future weapons systems to maintain that superiority.
To surmount such problems as terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and failed states, we need to organize differently and increase our capabilities.
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First, immediately ratifying the Chemical Weapons Convention, and then giving the United States the means we need to continue our growth by making trade more open and fair in the global economy.
We need to lead a global effort against nuclear proliferation -- to keep the most dangerous weapons in the world out of the most dangerous hands in the world.
The expectation that such weapons had been dealt with effectively through these bans contributed to the belief that we need not worry about protecting against such scourges.
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Here at home, we need you to stop those smugglers, and protect our oceans, and prevent terrorists from slipping deadly weapons into our ports.
He made clear we will take concrete steps toward a world without nuclear weapons, while retaining a safe, secure, and effective arsenal as long as we still need it.
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