01/25/2011
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"I am encouraged by the request for the Air Force's three most important modernization programs, the KC-46A tanker, the F-35A, and the Long-Range Strike Bomber."
"Air Force modernization cannot wait for the next big uptick in defense spending."
"as a Congress, we need to stop sequestration. However we put it together, whatever the agreement is, mindless across-the-board cuts is simply the wrong way to run a government."
"We must ask ourselves where is the breaking point, and what we need to do to prevent it, how much risk is too much."