Political Quotes

“The administration is on record as opposing any action to stop the Defense authorization process which would block the President's determination to terminate the Crusader program. For that reason, I have developed this alternative, which has the support of the administration. The discussions I have had over the past several days with the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Secretary, the Secretary of the Army, and others, have lead to this compromise, which would, with minor modification, make the Levin amendment acceptable to the administration. So the Levin amendment survives if modified by the Warner second degree in a document that is acceptable to the administration. The second-degree amendment does not alter the intent of the original amendment by Senator Levin. The chairman, quite properly, has concerns with the process, as do I, which was followed to terminate the Crusader program. The chairman believes the Army has not been given 'due process.' I concur in that. My amendment would not alter the part of the Levin amendment which addresses this issue. Under the provisions of my amendment, the underlying Levin amendment would still do the following: Transfer the $475 million for the Crusader field artillery system to a budget line for the Future Combat Systems to be used only for the purpose of developing indirect fire capabilities for the U.S.…”