John McCain actually said...

"Secretary Gates expressed the fear that once he departs and once U.S. forces drawdown in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are those who look forward to getting back to what he called 'real Air Force normal..."

"Despite stability in end strength and even a 600-airman increase planned for in the fiscal year 2012 budget, the Air Force plans to reduce its numbers in certain officer military occupational specialt..."

"Secretary Donley, the Pentagon's recent experience with concurrent development in, for example, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) and the Future Combat System (FCS) programs, has been awful."

"I understand that you are planning to reduce the number of Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) from 22 to 11."