01/14/2009
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"Thank you for the job you've done for the country, and I think you can leave your post looking back and saying that you were there when it mattered the most maybe since World War II for sure."
"What I've been thinking about doing is in certain selected areas, critical need areas, if you'll stay to 22 years of service you can retire maybe at 59 years old, and just walk your way down to 55 yea..."
"I would urge you, when it comes to budget matters, programs that need funding, to be more aggressive, lean forward."
"Well, that gets us to a point--we are spending money very quickly on some things that are very controversial, and there is a lot of pushback."