They are real people who have real jobs, and who are concerned about the process.
[Coyle said the point of BRAC is to coalesce military functions and save the DOD and taxpayers money.] This doesn't do either, ... The DOD itself says that this recommendation will not save the taxpayers or the Department of the Navy any money.
This is an example where we do not have excess capacity.
If Portsmouth were to be closed, the U.S. would be left with only 8 percent excess capacity.
Norco was a prime example. Thanks to the hard work of our staff, I think we have a good understanding of what's correct and what's not. We cannot always rely on the DOD figures.
Their greatest concern is that the Air Force not pull the plug on them, that they be given enough time to work with state and federal officials to mitigate the impact of this closure.
He (Wen Ho Lee) did a stupid thing, ... but it turns out what he actually did was nowhere near what the government first asserted.
The government has done integration quite well in some instances. Private industry has said to the government, 'We can do it better and cheaper.' I think it's debatable as to whether that's really turned out to be the case.
We don't want a repeat of those failures that were embarrassing to them.
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