Ben Nelson: “We've spent billions of dollars to produce a fabulous SATCOM network that is a critical part of our defense structure.”

Our troops' force protection has to be among the highest priorities, together with protecting the Homeland.

U.S. forces will be capable of deterring and defeating aggression by any potential adversary.

We as a Nation would be greatly diminished without our space assets.

We have made conscious decisions to have a balanced program, and part of those decisions has been to accept a higher risk and to manage that risk.