"It is really important to me that our airmen have everything they need to fight our wars overseas, both today and in the future."
"Hope to is not a definite timeframe."
"We have to think about the future while we are thinking about today."
"We want it to be good for the warfighter and good for the taxpayer, which leads me to the question of whether a dual buy is a viable option?"
"And we do not have the budget capacity for that?"
"Which means other things would be left off the table?"
"I stand ready to help you do whatever we need to do there to make sure we are ready for that as well."
"I think that's a promising idea."
"I was very pleased to see that you and the President are preparing to tackle or more appropriately, put a full-court press on a lot of the large issues facing us in education today."
"So our work on the Recovery package to support our schools is very important."
"I share that goal, and as a long-time advocate for job training and education programs, it's great to have a strong partner in the White House on that."
"Thank you Chairman Harkin and Senator Cochran for holding today's hearing to discuss the need to invest in education and prepare our young people to succeed in school and beyond."