Richard Blumenthal actually said...

"If I may, General, let me ask you about a related technology issue, and I think I may know the answer but I want to be sure we have it on the record."

"I have heard varying estimates about how long the software has been delayed."

"What will you do then in coming to us with the results of those more up-to-date analyses and the exercises that you have planned?"

"Your estimates that you gave earlier about the reduction in costs are dependent on all of those allied purchases going through."