Mazie Hirono actually said...

"NATO has to become a more agile organization, and it has to become more responsive to the needs that are being--the threats that are coming our way, collectively."

"If the United States chooses to leave the alliance and convince our allies that we have--that 28 sovereign countries, working with the Arabs, in particular, who show signs of wanting to develop a NATO..."

"The modernization and the interoperability of medical records, et cetera, it has been such an ongoing challenge."

"The Department generally concurred with our recommendations, but as of May 2016, had not addressed four of the six recommendations."