Joe Donnelly actually said...

"My sense is that the Afghanistan people as a whole want the BSA, so I am optimistic that we will get it signed at some point."

"the continued presence of those marines, soldiers, sailors, or airmen... makes them sleep better at night?"

"We are willing to take our share of the hit as we move forward on sequestration and on all of these issues."

"Do we have metrics as we look forward?"