"I think there haven't been enough leaders like yourself in the Navy who have acknowledged that you really do need to move more quickly."
"If the Chinese beat us because they are more willing to invest in autonomous capabilities, we are going to be on the losing side."
"It's obvious that it's going much more, in our favor, and the Ukrainians' favor than we anticipated."
"The Russians are held up. They have concentrated an extraordinary amount, of their combat power, in Ukraine, in their southern neighbor, to conduct this invasion, in the first place."
"The question we all have to ask is, if Putin really gets backed, into a corner, here, we can't just talk about the tactical implications on the ground, although they're grim."
"I mean, we're dealing with someone, who is, by some accounts, a madman, someone who is not making pragmatic decisions, has not even been acting the way he has acted in the past."
"There's no question that Putin is willing to be vicious."
"We have to talk about whether we need an off-ramp here."
"Putin needs to have trouble buying a soda from a vending machine when this invasion starts. And we're not there yet."
"Putin should be sanctioned directly. He's solely responsible for the largest war in Europe since World War II."
"It's only Trump and a few of his allies who are supporting Putin in this action."
"We need to be aggressive and confronting it."