Ben Nelson: “If the President said 95 times our threat in Iraq is al Qaeda, why wouldn't we be repositioning and transitioning as…”

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

I firmly agree with the importance of oversight because we are in a government-owned/contractor-operated situation, there are substantial liabilities.

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

It is encouraging to know that there is that effort at coordination and collaboration because if there is any quick way to lose opportunity or to miss optimization, it is everyone going off on their own way.