John McCain actually said...

"Secretary Gates, other than force cuts, and putting aside the Defense Health Program momentarily, do you see any feasible way to control the costs of personnel as a share of the DOD budget?"

"Secretary Gates, in recent years, there has been a proliferation of funding grants and other large amounts appropriated to DOD for vague requirements..."

"If you decide to more tightly restrict access to classified data on DOD computer systems, how will you make sure that the right people are still getting the information they need?"

"DOD and FBI collectively had sufficient information necessary to have detected Hasan's radicalization . . . [but failed] to act on it."