We have to start now if we're going to have new CH-53Ks on the flight line ready for tasking when we start parking the Echoes.

The Army's proposed heavy lift requirement to transport the Future Combat System greatly exceeds our requirement. The actual aircraft hasn't been designed yet, but initial analysis suggests the joint heavy lifter will be too large to operate from current and programmed amphibious shipping. We may have a use for it, but in more of a logistical role as a possible KC-130J replacement - we still need the CH-53K for tactical heavy lift.

Candidates have to look and see if, realistically, there is a way to get there.

Many of the candidates are known only as names and not individuals. People in Iowa and New Hampshire want to get to know you individually, or feel they do. . . . That kind of courtship takes a lot of time and effort.

We will expect that all radio and television advertisements paid in full or in part by soft money will stop running by Monday, September 25, 2000.

History is again repeating itself and has reached a new low.