01/14/2009
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"We have a stewardship to those people, that's quite a bit different than the way we address the career force."
"We're entering a period where DOD, and I think the people at this table understand it--other people in DOD have to realize that these budgets are going to get a lot tighter, these programs are going t..."
"Stability is one issue. But being mandatorily committed to coming to the defense of a country...is very troublesome."
"If you cannot clearly articulate when the commitment will be ended, then we tend to move sort of in an ad hoc way."