Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"I think the Federal, State, and local governments are trying to work very hard together."

"Defense contracts ought to be done on a fixed-price basis unless the Secretary certifies that there's a good reason not to."

"Mr. Sullivan and Dr. Kaminski, are either the JCIDS or PPBE as currently constructed able to overcome parochial service interests in this regard?"

"No. We are short in both quantity and quality of staffing, and are not using the latest tools to support early modeling, simulation, and testing."