06/03/2013
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"I hope you'll remember this moment and, even if it's the President of the United States, say, 'Mr. President, I have to respectfully disagree.'"
"If Senator Inhofe was here, he would tell you that currently it takes 23 years to get a new airframe from conception to the tarmac and into flight. That is unacceptable."
"If they don't, this battle is lost."
"I hope that you will pay particular attention to, A, the potential for catastrophic overruns in new programs, and B, the challenge of building a new platform that is modular, if you will, or modifiabl..."