Tom Cole actually said...

"I must tell you, I am very dubious after talking to folks that the adoption program is ever going to work."

"I would suggest, I don't think anything is going to happen between now and November, but we need to make the tough decisions as soon after that as we possibly can."

"I think you and your counterparts in the other services are making tough decisions because we haven't, as a Congress and an administration, made our tough decisions."

"we are also going to eliminate seven AWACS, and they are the entire Reserve capability that we have in that area."