Mark Begich actually said...

"I'm assuming somewhere, and maybe it's not within DOD, but maybe it's a combo between DOD, State, and others: Assume the scenario we're out of Afghanistan; there is a financial cost that we're going t..."

"Secretary Panetta has called for a review of the military retirement system."

"I believe it is prudent to continually reassess the number of GBIs we need as our capabilities and knowledge of potential threats mature."

"There are a lot of pieces of legislation floating now to try to figure out how do we deal with this from a defense perspective and a national security perspective."