Daniel Akaka actually said...

"America's veterans deserve a truthful advocate who will break through the red tape and make veterans, not the bottom line, the priority of VA management."

"His honest assessment that more troops would be needed cost him his job, but it is the surest measure of his fitness to serve as a cabinet member."

"The only way we can do in America what we do is because you all have done what you all did--protecting us and this country and giving us this quality-of-life."

"Thank you, and for the record, can you please report back to the Committee with a preliminary plan of action within 60 days?"