the men and women of the nro are more than up to that challenge. thank you for your support and i look towaforward to your questi. >> thank you very much. chair now recognizes kenneth rapawano, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and global security. thank you. >> thank you, chairman rogers, ranking member cooper, distinguished members of the subcommittee. it's an on mor tohonor to appea you today. and the u.s. strategic command joint force component commander, miss betty sapp, director of national reconnaissank reconnai. just as in land, air, cyber space, the department of defense must be prepared to address any and all threats to our national security. space systems provide our joint force an unmatched ability to project power globally, respond to crises rapidly, strike swiftly and precisely, and command forces in multiple theaters of operations simultaneously. our national security strategy and the national defense strategy prominently recognize the criticality of space anding a dmoacknowledge the potential conflict to extend int