Ben Nelson: “We must preserve our core fundamental space capabilities in this tight budget environment.”

Can you explain the importance of preserving your operating spectrum in general and how any movement from it should be paid for and coordinated from your perspective, the Navy's?

In the report, you're deferring the construction of the CMRR facility, which is a key tenet of the commitment to the Senate and Congress during the New START debate.

I just think there's a danger in going below this level and I think we need to be careful and thoughtful about it.

You stress the importance of resiliency and the ability to rapidly reconstitute critical satellite capacity if hostile action or a collision would occur.