Political Quotes

“I am glad that the Space Management Organization Amendment to this year's National Defense Authorization Act has been approved. As you all know, space issues have long been a keen interest of mine, even long before I served as the Strategic Forces Subcommittee Chairman. My interest is not derived from my New Hampshire industry constituents, because there is very little space business in my State. Rather, my interest in space is derived from my firm belief that whoever controls space will win the next war. More and more our deployed forces are relying on the ``reach'' that space communications provide and the ``high ground'' that space surveillance affords. Space is absolutely critical to future war fighting! That is why I feel proper management and operations of our space assets is absolutely critical. I look forward to working with Senator Reed as the Chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee to further the role of space in our strategic planning. This amendment is intended to capitalize on the expertise the Space Commission brought together, the Nation's greatest national security space experts from the military and civilian world. Ironically, military space operations are not usually run by senior officers with any space experience. Surely this lack of experience has some impact on their ability to leverage, to the maximum extent, the very complex high-technology military space assets under their command.”