04/16/2012
https://congress.gov...
"Would sequestration and a yearlong CR scenario impact the procurement of F-35Cs and F-35Bs?"
"How will you make cuts to major defense acquisition programs without forcing them into a Nunn-McCurdy breach?"
"We built a strategy last year that we said we can execute and absorb $487 billion. I can't sit here today and guarantee you that if you take another $175 [billion] that that strategy remains solvent."
"this future budget planning is like painting a color-by-numbers picture while blindfolded in the back of a C-130 [Hercules tactical airlifter], flying through a thunderstorm."