Ben Nelson: “I think it is less popular and has the risk of becoming unpopular as times goes by.”

the approach that places top priority on movement towards nuclear zero and other arms reductions will dominate those considerations

Can you explain the importance of preserving your operating spectrum in general and how any movement from it should be paid for and coordinated from your perspective, the Navy's?

You stress the importance of resiliency and the ability to rapidly reconstitute critical satellite capacity if hostile action or a collision would occur.

I think we all agree on the necessity of implementing Dodd-Frank, and as you have said, in a sound and reasonable time frame and in a sound and reasonable way to deal with reckless speculation.