"We are seeing progress. It's probably not as fast as we would like it to be but certainly the direction of travel is positive.

VOA: standard.2009.10.01

"We certainly will have somebody in place," "It would be irresponsible if we did not have somebody in place by the beginning of the October session."

VOA: standard.2009.05.03

"There is still a lot of firsts to do and hopefully we will run out of those firsts pretty quickly because it is certainly my desire that one of the legacies that I would certainly like to leave behind is bringing in more African-American astronauts."

VOA: standard.2010.02.02