I do not want to see what is happening in Iraq today happen in Afghanistan in the future, and I will work hard at that.
I'm totally in agreement with the points she made.
We should make sure that our regulatory framework nurtures their progress.
I want to thank all of you for participating today.
Why in the world would you go from 4,000 to 5,620 in the first year?
Well, I thought that Raytheon developed the performance metrics early in this contract.
And that has got to be really hard for Raytheon, because you cannot do both. That is impossible with this contract, corr...
I think people, if you are in this hearing room, they know I like price certain a lot better than cost-plus.
I will say on the record, I am disappointed--not that I am not thrilled to have you, Ms. McNall, but I think the person ...
I have learned the hard way that if you do not figure out who is in charge, the chances of you getting something fixed g...
I mean, we have to do better at this.
Do you understand that sounds weird?
Well, why did you pay them for it, then?
OK. So, you thought the most you were going to pay for was 4,500. You paid for 5,600, correct?
I sit up here and rail against government agencies for being inefficient and ineffective and I am a member of the U.S. C...
Who decided what the metrics were?
OK. So, you had a set of metrics before this contract was--before you had the competition on this contract.
You ran out of money. You had to start the option early, because you guys ran out of money, and you have cut staff by, w...