Ben Nelson: “If you do not feel secure in your hometown, it is pretty hard to feel secure in your homeland.”

PTSS would be a critical component of both Homeland and regional missile defense as it greatly enhances sensor coverage.

These programs are central to our national security. They deserve full, bipartisan support.

Our troops' force protection has to be among the highest priorities, together with protecting the Homeland.

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