Susan Davis actually said...

"The two issues that we have before us today are not as easy to address as one might believe."

"the President's budget request centers on five key challenges: Deterring aggressive behavior on the part of a resurgent Russia and a rising China; containing the dangerous unpredictable North Korean r..."

"the threats, as the chairman has noted, we face are real and growing."

"the Department of Defense [DOD] needs fiscal certainty to reliably perform critical missions and to maintain lasting superiority."