Richard Blumenthal actually said...

I want to turn now to an area that I think is very important to our national security: our submarine building program.

I deeply appreciate both of your views on both submarines and the JSF because I strongly share the commitment to those programs.

the difficulty of withdrawing that equipment from Afghanistan is far, far greater than it was in Iraq.

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.