"The Navy and the Marine Corps failed to effectively integrate with each other."
"The Marine Corps must be the Nation's premier fighting force. We can't become a Marine Corps that only cares about safety."
"I think we got a good shot at this."
"We are trying to green the military."
"Can we do that?"
"The F-35 is the most expensive program in the history of the Department of Defense, and the sustainment costs are expected to exceed $1.2 trillion over the life of the program."
"It seems that the case of this industry solution to many of these problems is simply to ask the taxpayers to throw money at the problem. That will not happen."
"So, don't expect more money. Do not expect to have more planes purchased than authorized in the President's budget."
"Yeah, it can fly, maybe two-thirds of the time, but it can't do what it is supposed to do all of the time or even half of the time."
"It is going to be some hard decisions being made on this program. We are not going to let it go any longer with a lot of happy talk."
"There are so many things that are screwed up here that it is hard to find a focus."
"And I can assure you that, this year, if anybody suggests a plus-up, there will be one hell of a fight, and I don't propose to lose it."