I just think it is a very, very irresponsible precedent.

There are some in the Senate that I believe are tempted by the idea that we could go in and bomb Iran.

Well, I think there are things we can do from the bully pulpit of our offices that can help make a difference.

Let me turn to Ms. Ulrey. You know, I know--I do not know how you managed to get the police in King County and in metropolitan Seattle and how you got the King County DA Office--I think your boss or maybe your previous boss, I do not know…

Most jurisdictions do not have any of these specialized experts, as Senator McCaskill has already pointed out, which means that most of these cases are never pursued.

Retaliation is a crime.

I particularly want to recognize you, Mr. Marshall. I cannot imagine the emotional trauma and roller coaster that you must have been on.

The current 1-to-2 deployment-to-dwell ratio is unsustainable.

If we are not recruiting more women, you are not going to get women in the various positions that will allow the kind of integration that's going to ultimately make the Marine Corps stronger and better, and make our Nation more secure.

I will be like a broken record on the audit thing until we get audits from all of our branches.

The only difference between the commitment to put this $40 billion in the budget... is the willingness to acknowledge that we are spending the money.

I would like your commitment to familiarize yourself with that training and a commitment that you will continue to fight for the adequate funding.

I cannot figure out any reason why we would be putting the $40 billion increase into the war fund instead of into the base budget.

I would like to see a written plan from you as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs with all of the chiefs signing off on what is your path to getting at this culture.

I think it is too early to declare success, obviously. We have a lot more work to do.

I am hopeful that the work that you have done on this committee will serve you well and hopefully the next commander in chief would want to utilize continually your expertise.

I have certainly since the day I got here tried to figure out, coming in as a former auditor, how in the world we had gotten to the point that the Department of Defense was incapable of being audited.

I really would like you and would like a commitment from you today that you would at least help me figure out what the stall is here.