Daniel Akaka actually said...

"It is good to have you here with the Subcommittee."

"Well, thank you very much for your responses. It will be helpful to this Subcommittee, and I want to thank you for being here today and wish you well in your future work."

"I want to say aloha and welcome to our witnesses, and thank you so much for being here today."

"Recruiting, retaining, and developing the next generation of national security employees is critically important."