03/09/2009
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"If confirmed, these nominees will enter DOD in the midst of great difficulty, caused in large part by the failure of Congress to address budget sequestration or authorize and appropriate in a timely a..."
"You're waiting until 2019 before completing a 20-percent cut. That is totally unsatisfactory, Madam Secretary."
"It's still one of the great national scandals that we have ever had, as far as the expenditure of taxpayers' dollars are concerned."
"That has to be part of any program that you will propose in order to cure this terrible situation which dishonors all of us."