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Deb Fischer: “Every secretary of defense, every president has always said…”

Featuring: Deb Fischer, Republican | U.S. Senate from Nebraska

Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense

Published December 7, 2025 | Video Starts at 49:03

I believe you have to set priorities. You know, we don't have the funding to move forward on every project that's out there. And that's why you've seen Every secretary of defense, every president has always said that our nuclear deterrent, our triad, it underpins everything else we do. And that is the number one priority for the security of this country. Then you have to look at what's next. Is it Golden Dome so that we have the missile defense? (49:03–49:16)

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Asserts that U.S. leaders consistently prioritize nuclear deterrence as foundational to national security.

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“It's kept our country safe. You know, just bluntly, it's like our nuclear triad. It's kept our country safe.”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 05:42-05:45
“In last year's ndaa, I was able to get a piece in that, to be able to put in place a proposal that would allow for the department to study…”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 06:21-06:45
“I compliment President Trump for coming up with the name for what we did on Armed Services Committee, and he's called it Golden Dome.”
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“We have bright, qualified people that are working on [a missile defense system] to identify, to discriminate incoming for the United States…”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 07:03-07:19
“It gives the President of the United States time to be able to make decisions in how to respond if you have a missile defense system that…”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 07:29-07:44
“The Armed Services Committee, and specifically the Strategic Forces Subcommittee that I chair, we have a very good relationship in working…”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 12:58-13:16
“We're conducting our oversight responsibilities. We are read in to what's needed and where we are in the process on this.”
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“We need to be very careful in holding a lot of this information close for the time being.”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 14:07-14:16
“Yes, I have faith in [the quality of people that are on this stage with me].”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 18:25-18:27
“We have very strong support of the National Defense Authorization Act. It came out of the Armed Services committee with only one no vote.”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 23:49-24:00
“It passed by, I think, 80, 80 votes and some votes in the Senate.”
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“We have two peer competitors, we have two peer adversaries with, with Russia and China who have a nuclear triad and all the platforms as…”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 26:57-27:09
“The Russians have completed modernization and the Chinese are advancing at a breathtaking speed.”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 27:09-27:17
“You have to have contracts made without a bunch of changes going forward too, because that only adds to cost and time.”
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“What we have available to protect this homeland currently is good.”
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“It's going to take time to be able to protect, I think, to protect our country.”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 41:37-41:46
“I know that we have the capability, we have the people who are working on it, and we have to work on it.”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 42:04-42:13
“We can't get the whole country protected in a year, so we just can't do it? Well, instead we're saying, no, we're going to get the whole…”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 42:18-42:38
“I believe you have to set priorities. You know, we don't have the funding to move forward on every project that's out there.”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 48:50-49:02
“That is the number one priority for the security of this country.”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 49:15-49:20
“It just boils down to setting priorities with knowing what our adversaries have or having a good guess at what our adversaries have.”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 49:35-49:50
“This transfers to providing for a safer world to be able to serve our allies, our partners, the world as a whole.”
Defending the Homeland: Establishing Superiority in Space and Missile Defense | Uploaded December 7, 2025 | 52:12-52:27
“It is a deterrent. People, our adversaries need to think twice before ever taking any action against this country.”
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