33 Quotes by Anthony Principi

would be a tragic mistake for the nation.

We reached our decisions through open, fair and non-partisan process.

We have real questions with regard to some of the recommendations as they apply to the Air National Guard.

I fail to see at this point how you could arrive at the figures they arrived at. We're going through this effort to save money from excess capacity to modernize forces. If the savings aren't there, and it costs money to do this on top of all the economic upheaval, why are we doing this?

Today it is estimated we probably have about 25 percent excess capacity in our public shipyards,

Whatever it costs, we need to incur that cost to provide that world-class care to an extraordinary group of men and women in harm's way,

gold standard by which the country should measure shipyards.

Kids coming back from Iraq and Afghanistan . . . deserve to come back to 21st-century medical care, ... Whatever it costs, we need to incur that cost to provide that world-class care to an extraordinary group of men and women in harm's way.

it is now time for me to move on to fresh opportunities and different challenges.