On Oct. 14, President Bill Clinton exercised his line-item veto, for the first time, on policy grounds, to eliminate three programs essential to the future U.S. capability to exercisemilitarycontrol of space.
Against this backdrop, we are deeply concerned about your recent line-item veto of three technology development programs that will bear directly upon our military's future ability to exercisecontrol of space in wartime.
Such individuals are unlikely to be able either to utilize the products of intelligence properly or to exercise the kind of effective civilian control of the military that is clearly required.