We had a dream to put the facilities together. We're not ready to give up that dream.

We knew he was a guy capable of putting two halves together.

We're not going to be ready until January,

It's going to happen again. And we're not ready for it, as you can see by Katrina. ... We're going to have another Sept. 11; it's inevitable.

If he's ready, then we'd look at it. But we're not going to go in there and jam it down his throat.

Staffing levels do not meet requirements, and these facilities are chronically understaffed.