NY Times Accuracy?

In the NY Times article
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/17/na...partner=GOOGLE
the headline reads "NASA Says It Can't Meet Board's Goals".

From the article,
" Although the tile repair is fairly advanced, repairing the composite,
reinforced carbon-carbon, needs much more work, Mr. Poulos said.
Astronauts might be able to work on just small breaches, not gashes the
size of the one believed to have doomed the Columbia. Although there is
a chance that such a method will be ready, NASA managers said they could
not guarantee that. "

Also, I watched much of the Return-To-Flight briefing, yet no where did
I see anyone say that they cannot meet the board's goals. When asked if
the next shuttle flight will include tile repair kits for all ranges of
damage, Steve Poulos said he was not prepared to say yes or no on that
issue.

So, a couple of points he
1) Isn't the NY Times making a false claim in their headline?
2) Did Mr. Poulos take the right tack in declining to say "yes"?

My concern is that if NASA does not take the time to handle this issue
before the next flight, they will again be seen as succumbing to
schedule mandates, despite their statements to the contrary.

-stmx3