The actual statement was:
Section V of Rebuilding America's Defenses, entitled "Creating Tomorrow's Dominant Force", includes the sentence: "Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event––like a new Pearl Harbor"
http://www.webcitation.org/5e3est5lT
Cheney was NOT one of the participants that produced the report. A list may be seen on the last page.