Michael D. Griffin: “I was once labeled by a political adversary as an unreconstructed cold warrior. I took that as a compliment, actually…”

In my judgment, China--and I don't want to say China. I want to say the Chinese Communist Party, fully understands and frequently says that their goal is to be the world's great power.

We need to get the bureaucracy out of the way we do contracting and small business work and get moving.

We cannot take comfort from parity. We cannot take comfort from the fact that in some areas we are ahead.

In my judgment, the Artemis program is excessively complex, unrealistically priced, compromises crew safety, poses very high mission risk of completion, and is highly unlikely to be completed in a timely manner even if successful.