03/24/2009
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"Secretary Donley, when do you anticipate asking for funding for a replacement?"
"I appreciate the comments in your prepared remarks emphasizing the continued strengthening of the nuclear enterprise as the #1 Air Force priority."
"To what extent is NAVAIR's assessment (and the Air Force's validation of that assessment) reflected in the Air Force's current budget proposal?"
"Secretary Gates expressed the fear that once he departs and once U.S. forces drawdown in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are those who look forward to getting back to what he called 'real Air Force normal..."