For those of you who have yet to finalize your summer reading list, let me recommend the House and Senate 2009 Defense authorization bills, or as they are affectionately known to the cognoscenti – S. 3001 and H.R. 5658. The bills and their companion reports weigh in at nearly 2,000 pages, so, admittedly, they make for clumsy beach reading. But, if you have an interest in satellite communications, these reports provide some fascinating insights into the ongoing national dialogue on this important topic.
