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Ben Nelson is a former United States Senator from Nebraska, serving from 2001 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he was known for his moderate positions and bipartisan approach to legislation. During his tenure, he played a significant role in various issues, including healthcare reform and fiscal responsibility. Nelson was a key vote in the passage of the Affordable Care Act, which was a landmark piece of legislation during President Obama's administration.
There is the distinction that we talked about between that that is just criminal for profit type efforts versus terrorists or nation state efforts that are the equivalent of spying to try to access our secrets and inveigle their way into…
So the support that we have for them I would continue to advocate in the strongest possible way.
We've spent billions of dollars to produce a fabulous SATCOM network that is a critical part of our defense structure.
A second very positive step is the fact that we have a treaty with the Russians at all.
We must improve our acquisition practices to both continue to deliver the critical capabilities our warfighters need.
The Army is invested in space capabilities and requires them in order to function our operating forces in theater and around the world.
If each agency builds their own protective walls, they ultimately stifle collaboration and the ability to disseminate intelligence information.
Maintaining nuclear warheads and weapons that are more than 20 years old without testing is a challenging task.
As it is right now, without further modifications, it isn't sufficient. There's a lot of improvement on the legislation, but the basic question about funding of abortion has not been fully answered yet.
Will he really block a deal that the rest of his party now seems to support?
I think that it's not fair to say that any one of us would kill health care reform. What we are seeking is to get it in the best shape that we can possibly have it and hope that that's possible.
As a matter of fact, what we've tried to do is make sure that we extend the private markets wherever possible and allow the states to have a great deal of latitude to be able to deal with this.