Theresa Hitchens Quotations

The one thing you don't want to happen is that you start talking about common systems, for example, and you get the gold-plated toilet out the other end.

DoD ought not to be thinking about how to sell Congress, but instead how to fix the program.

It's going to be pretty hard without a solid, believable acquisition approach to space radar, and to FIA for that matter, for Congress to actually be willing to go along.

It's really the first time you've seen the Republican-led Congress acknowledge that these issues require public scrutiny.

I'm not sure that is possible right now.

If you bought a 10-year leasing contract, you would pay less per transaction than in a bidding war.

I don't think Congress is going to go for such big increases in troubled programs unless and until the Air Force can prove that it has got a handle on the problems with acquisition and oversight of contractors.

The Chinese military has enormous stress about U.S. space plans at large. There is a debate about what they should do.