I'm hoping that--I think that's the way to approach it. I'm hoping that's the way you'll approach your job, that you will not base future decisions on the fact that you took a different position in your private life.
Coats advises maintaining an open mind for future decisions.
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I do not feel it's appropriate for me to, in a public session in which confidential conversations between the President and myself--I don't believe it's appropriate for me to address that in a public session.
We cannot afford to be behind the curve in terms of development of both the offensive and defensive capacities that we put up into space.
It's clear that we have assessed this as a very significant, potentially existential, threat to the United States that has to be addressed.
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