Our task today is to complete our assignment by releasing the unclassified version of the Report of the Ballistic Missile Threat Commission.
Copies are available, as is a brief statement.
We delivered a much longer classified version of our Report to the Congress last evening. Established by statute, our charter was to assess the nature and magnitude of the existing and emerging ballistic missile threat to the United States. As such, we did not focus in detail on cruise missiles, terrorism, responses to the threat, or threats to U.S. forces overseas. The members of the Commission are here and available for questions on the report. They have invested 6 months, held 42 meetings and heard some 200 briefings by probably 300 presenters.