Dick Durbin: “I also tell my colleagues, I had the good fortune, in preparing for the debate, to go through a classified briefing and…”

“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.”