"We are not going to outcompete China with our personnel sitting behind Embassy walls. They need to get out."
"It appears to many of us that the Department under President Biden is more concerned with pursuing its own arbitrary DEI goals than results focused efforts to modernize its operations and work force."
"I am glad you are paying attention to it. It is the right thing to do."
"I respectfully disagree."
"I am really disappointed in what I have heard today."
"It is going to be never. You guys are dreaming over there if this is what you are waiting for."
"For deterrence to be credible, it must be backed up by capability and political will to follow through on the threat."
"The only way they would come back to the table is if they think they can snooker us again."
"We are all full of hope. But unfortunately, the history that we have had with these two countries is very, very discouraging."
"Nobody has said anything to me. I turned on TV set. And there it is that somebody has made a decision that countermands the agreement that we made."
"AUKUS is an outstanding enterprise. It is the NATO of the 21st century right now for the Indo-Pacific."