I think the answer is, first of all, that I don't think at this moment in time he can clarify it in that regard because he can't predict what concerns the Russians will bring to him and what his response at that point will need to be.
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The threat briefings that we received leave no question that both China and Russia, but particularly China see space as a war fighting domain.
Our responsibility is to be straightforward with you all. You're the ones that appointed us, you're the ones that we answer to.
It's enough that it's opportunistic. In other words, we're in a conflict with one, and the other sees that this is an opportunity.
We have to make decisions now to make sure that we have the capacity to build whatever we're going to need to build.
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