President Trump's nominee for assistant secretary of defense for space policy opposes a new multilateral treaty relating to military use of space proposed by Russia and China, according to responses to senators' questions submitted ahead of his confirmation hearing today. Marc Berkowitz, a former assistant deputy under secretary of defense for space policy, wrote that the U.S. should not sign onto the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in Outer Space, the Threat or Use of Force against Outer Space...
