Ben Nelson: “If the President said 95 times our threat in Iraq is al Qaeda, why wouldn't we be repositioning and transitioning as…”

Hard choices had to be made.

We must preserve our core fundamental space capabilities in this tight budget environment.

Let me add my thoughts. We ask you to reduce budgets, to watch the growth, and then when you come before us after you've done it, then we question why you've done it and whether you've done it right or not.

I firmly agree with the importance of oversight because we are in a government-owned/contractor-operated situation, there are substantial liabilities.