Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"My hope is that sequestration has no effect on the submarine program, because I think it ought to be clearly excepted from any of those cuts."

"Do you note any progress in either protecting troops on the ground or stopping the Pakistani sources of the fertilizer and other components of the bombs?"

"I think the investments we've made in Afghanistan in combating IEDs will pay off in the future."

"I think it is a weapon that the enemy will continue to use. It's cheap, it's inexpensive, and it gets them the effect that they want."