“I don't think that any department ought to be able to opt out on their own. If there are reasons for opting out, they should be discussed. I don't think that people ought to act as independent agents on this stuff. I'm concerned that this is happening more than we know about.”
“I am not on there for the exercise. I am on there to get something done. And I don't think we are going to, given our current direction. We are just hardly treading water at the moment.”
“He hasn't indicated anything to us as far as I know. I believe he's having a press conference Thursday and we'll find out then what he's going to do.”
