PBS has a video with transcript on the A-10 cut. Here is a direct quote from a very recent USAF Chief of Staff:

GEN. NORTON SCHWARTZ: "The dilemma is, what else in the Air Force do we stop doing in order to keep the A-10? So what child care center do we not keep open? What base do we compromise security?"

I guess he considers child care a (the?) prime mission of the USAF, and that it trumps, well, actually having an air force.

Maybe his quote would fit better under "Tool of the Day".

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transcript here: Budget cuts could ground unstoppable A-10 Warthog aircraft