What would happen if Ellsworth stays open? Dyess wouldn't get all the kinds of people and aircraft it was expecting. If Dyess is not going to pick up B-1s, I think Texas wanted some give-me. |
Whatever level of aid and comfort they are providing to various other regional troublemakers, at this point they seem to have gauged successfully how annoying they can be without provoking a significant response. |
When I think of a surveillance company, I tend to think of Northrop Grumman rather than General Dynamics. |
You could certainly question whether an amphibious vehicle is the most appropriate ... to be driving around in a desert. |
You do have to wonder, over time, what the congressional appetite is going to be for that line item. |
You want to look at both of them. You have to look at the total program cost, though, because that is what the taxpayer is actually paying. |
[A telephone company, for instance, can tell which team is winning the Super Bowl] simply by looking at how many people are making phone calls at any given time, ... The National Security Agency uses this technique to monitor calls in Afghanistan or Pakistan, to try to predict an impending terrorist attack. |
[Discovery's mission was] a very nice Christmas present, ... Santa Claus has been very, very good to NASA, no lumps of coal in their stocking. |