05/11/2009
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"I cannot think of two people I would rather have at the helm making those decisions than the two of you."
"The Air Force, like all the Services, is being forced to make difficult decisions on how to remain combat-ready while being as cost effective as possible."
"We are forced to retire key assets, as the President said, such as the A-10, the Airborne Warning and Combat System (AWACS), the U-2, the Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS), th..."
"I think we have to be a player in the world and that sends the wrong signal, I think, if we don't show up."