Bill Nelson actually said...

"We have a unique, very competent and very qualified candidate, nominee, to be the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs."

"Thank you, Chairman Nelson, for holding this hearing. This is such an important topic."

"What is the Army doing to address the shortcoming in reliability, operational effectiveness, and suitability?"

"The Manpack radio has not yet demonstrated an Army-defined reliability requirement enabling it to have an 86 percent chance if completing a 72-hour mission without an essential function failure."