Senator Seeks Halt to LightSquared in Event of GPS Interference
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U.S. Senator Pat Roberts asked colleagues to prevent Federal Communications Commission approval of Philip Falcone’s LightSquared until the agency shows the wireless service won’t disrupt the global-positioning system.
“There is too much at stake in interfering with a tool we all use, and on which our public safety and national security depend so heavily,” Roberts, a Kansas Republican, said in an e-mailed statement today.