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On the recordJuly 12, 2000
I also tell my colleagues, I had the good fortune, in preparing for the debate, to go through a classified briefing and also to meet with Director Philip Coyle, who is in charge of Operational Test and Evaluation at the Department of Defense under the leadership of Secretary Cohen. I asked him to put in common terms, that I can take back to a town meeting in Illinois, what we are talking about when we use the words ``technologically feasible.'' He said: Well, consider it this way. Is it technologically feasible to hit a hole in one in golf? Yes. Is it technologically feasible to hit a hole in one if the hole you are shooting at is moving? Yes, but it is getting a little more difficult.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Discussing technological feasibility in defense during Senate floor debate.

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