Loren Thompson
Loren Thompson
building cost cover point raise
If it doesn't get the money, at some point down the road, Northrop is going to have to raise the cost of building warships to cover the cost of doing business.
cuts spacecraft
There's going to be big cuts in the spacecraft program.
agency effort human popular sad support
The sad thing is that in the effort to demonstrate that it is being diligent, the agency is undermining popular support for any manned spaceflight. It enforces the public's apprehension of human spaceflight.
counting create management problem solve work
Obviously, the Teamsters are counting on all that work to create a problem that management can only solve by caving in to their demands.
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Rumsfeld was a buffer between the president and public criticism and staying behind him was a sign of Bush's strength. Now Rumsfeld is becoming the cause of the criticism and standing behind him could be interpreted as a sign of weakness.
ability effective ends execute hard losing
It's not hard to see where this story ends -- he won't be effective in office. He's losing his ability to execute his agenda.
approaches election house process signal white
Rumsfeld will have been so weakened by this process that as the election approaches the White House will signal that his resignation wouldn't be unwelcome.
assault corps equipment marine prospect purchased shore
Much of the Marine Corps equipment was purchased with the prospect of a shore assault in mind.
cluster details grasp introduced people seems system themselves though
Now they've introduced a cluster that they themselves can't define. It seems as though the most important people in the system don't really grasp the details of what's being funded.
clearly cutting delay either major money program
Cutting that much money from the program clearly foreshadows either program termination or a long delay and major restructuring.
actual count far guard head less national number soldiers talk
There has been a lot of talk about the appropriate head count for the National Guard. But the actual number of National Guard soldiers is far less important than how well-equipped each of those soldiers is.
army army-and-navy develop government meet needs system tried
The government should never have tried to develop one system to meet the very different needs of the Army and Navy.
army army-and-navy thinks wonder
You have to wonder where the Army thinks it's going after Iraq.
bomb bombing dealing fact generating iran planners plans rush shelf
We're in no rush to bomb Iran. The fact that we have bombing plans on the shelf for dealing with Iran is not new because we've been generating those plans for a quarter-century. That's what planners do.