John McCain actually said...

Mr. Chairman, I want to thank you especially for anticipating this issue, because it is an issue of rising personnel costs.

I hope we will be able to convince all of the American people of the need to base what we do on the recommendations of the most highly quali...

I know you respect the members of the Budget Committee, as I do. But they're not renowned for their expertise on military personnel issues.

We have been quite clear on what we expect in terms of progress on human rights.