Ben Nelson: “We have made conscious decisions to have a balanced program, and part of those decisions has been to accept a higher…”

I just think there's a danger in going below this level and I think we need to be careful and thoughtful about it.

U.S. forces will be capable of deterring and defeating aggression by any potential adversary.

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

I'm very much in favor of moving forward with a follow-on treaty.