Ben Nelson: “I think it is less popular and has the risk of becoming unpopular as times goes by.”

You must feel like this: that we gave you $400 million less than you needed and now we're criticizing you for having $400 million less to deal with.

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.

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

Hard choices had to be made.