Ben Nelson

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

When is the right time to bring China, India, Pakistan, or others into discussions with respect to nuclear weapons?

While the administration may be moving forward in anticipation of a new reduction, anything that it's doing is not intended to be unilateral.

The approach that places top priority on movement towards nuclear zero and other arms reductions will dominate those considerations

The conventional DOD acquisition process is too long and too cumbersome to fit the needs of the many systems that require continuous changes and upgrades.

There have been a lot of penetrations of U.S. Government and industrial computer systems with data theft that have been traced back to China.

We must improve our acquisition practices to both continue to deliver the critical capabilities our warfighters need.

NATO's decision to pursue a territorial missile defense capability is a key step that sends a clear message--NATO is serious about responding to new threats.

Can you explain what happened, what you are doing to fix this problem, and whether these test failures affect the deployed interceptors?

The Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office has had several successful space efforts, including TACSAT-3, demonstrating the military utility of small satellites to the warfighter.

In addition to worrying about space debris, we also have to be concerned about our adversaries perhaps trying to bring down or jam our satellites.

The ability to model the performance of nuclear weapons using the new experimental data and past data from the days of nuclear testing is essential to maintaining the nuclear weapons stockpile, safely, securely, and reliably into the…