Famous quotes by Ike Skelton:
"We need an immediate supplemental appropriation -- right now,"
"We need to succeed in Iraq. If we don't, we will create a snake pit ... of terrorists."
"For each 1 percent pay raise, is about $600 million -- so $1 billion just won't cut the mustard."
"For each 1 percent pay raise it is about a $600 million, so a billion dollars won't cut the mustard."
"All of these are necessary right now. Otherwise, much of the efforts of the military will be shut down,"
"the Balkans are a tinder box ... World War I started there ... there's a great deal at stake -- the stability of Europe."
"It's been a long ride ... to get us to this point in the base-closure process. This journey has been more difficult than it needed to be."
"We have very, very fine air traffic controllers, men and women. They do their job, they do a fine job, and there's no sense in our trying to bend to their culture."
"This effort will clearly increase the overall burden on our military, ... The Defense Department's civilian leaders must look at the impact of this and future crises and the ongoing war on the military's future readiness and overall state."
"We need an immediate supplemental appropriation right now -- for seamen hours, flying hours, training, for combined, for joint exercises, for backlot and real estate maintenance, for family housing. All of these are necessary right now. Otherwise a bunch of the efforts of the military will be shut down."
