41 Quotes by Ike Skelton

I am furious that the Iraqi Government would even consider giving a green light to the criminal insurgents who attack our troops.

Guard units in the U.S. are suffering severe equipment shortages which will affect their ability to respond to emergencies in their home States, such as Katrina.

Our military's unmet needs are at record levels. We are seeing the costs and strains of sustaining a military at war.

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.

We need an immediate supplemental appropriation -- right now,

The Army is stretched thin and there is a potential that we could break the force if we are not careful.

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.

Those who are terrorists with their genesis in Afghanistan have a goal of creating a fundamentalist Muslim caliphate all across the Middle East.

We were told that everyone's doing OK. We don't have to worry unnecessarily.