01/07/2009
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"So that hiring has to be completed, and all appropriate background checks, by May 1."
"Money is too scarce, the missions are too important for it to go into something where we don't have anything to show for it."
"Well, let me, right then go to one of my favorite topics, which is NOAA."
"Well, Mr. Secretary, we know we've got a lot of followup to do."