(Your editor Chris Vancil--I personally really like Mike. He is a nice guy with a good understanding of how to get this VSE done. Whether you agree with the whole plan he is the right man to get it started.)

An interview with NASA Administrator Mike Griffin
BY WILLIAM HARWOOD
STORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS "SPACE PLACE" & USED WITH PERMISSION
Posted: December 5, 2005

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin - he insists on being called Mike - has little time for pessimists. And only a misinformed pessimist, in his view, would worry overly much about future budgets and the presumption that development of NASA's planned shuttle replacement - the Crew Exploration Vehicle - will be stretched out. Griffin believes the gap between the end of shuttle operations in 2010 and the advent of manned CEV flights will be relatively short, emphasizing that NASA does not need new money to make it happen.

More at: http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0512/05griffin/