Bill Nelson

I want to talk about TSAT. It was canceled, but after we spent $2 billion on it.

Let us talk about protected communications. It appears there may be a gap in 2018.

Let me ask each of you, were your top five unfunded priorities--if funds were available, what would your top five be?

Theoretically you wouldn't have the space leased; they could lease the space. You'd be inside the fence.

Let's talk about Los Alamos and Y-12. That's where the problems are. Tell us about that.

All right. Now, we're expecting B-52s and B-2s to take us all the way through 2030. Are we going to be able to sustain their viability?

Is the B-1 bomber going to be part of the Global Strike Command?

I think there's an element of this that the NPR discussions will inform the START negotiations.

I like that idea, sir. I think it's a great idea.

Why did you move the responsibility for the construction of the pit disassembly facility from one office to another?

The Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) is underway, and each of you have a role in the process.

There's an article in the New York Times and in a bunch of other papers about the publication of the Government Printing Office (GPO) Web site of a report that, according to the article, 'gives detailed information about hundreds of the…

We are going to bring General O'Reilly in here.

This is the last subcommittee hearing prior the markup of the National Defense Authorization Bill for Fiscal Year 2010.

In order to avoid these collisions, do you think anything else needs to be done?

The legacy UHF satellite is not lasting as long as it was supposed to. So now there appears to be the possibility of a UHF gap.

Are there other contractors involved besides Boeing?

I would suggest to you that another problem is its management by committee, and you have to have a lead.

First, the world depends on GPS. We know it. We are responsible for it.

What is your assessment of a probability of a gap, and how can you mitigate it?

We welcome our witnesses this afternoon.

Would the Air Force get reimbursed for the services you provide to nongovernmental entities in that Joint Space Operations Center?

What are the lessons learned from the cancellation of TSAT?

I think the management structure has in large part been the problem, as well as the technical challenges.

As is the procedure, each of your statements will be entered in the record at this time.