"The uniforms that were issued to the Afghan National Army have been deemed inappropriate for 97 percent of Afghanistan."
"So, Mr. Inspector General, you mentioned that you are opening a criminal investigation into this incident."
"I think President Reagan would be pretty shocked to hear that our initial response to a violation--to Russia's violation of the treaty would be simply to abrogate the treaty ourselves."
"I agree with you. I agree with you. But just to be clear, in that scenario, a lot of South Koreans and Americans in South Korea would be in trouble."
"Are you concerned about a conflict between North and South Korea escalating into a conflict between United States and China? Is that a risk?"
"I think the relationship between President Trump and President Xi is positive and encouraging, and I think that will go a long way to ameliorating the risk."
"Well, we cannot stand by while innocent civilians are murdered by chemical weapons. It's important to send a message that this behavior is not acceptable. And so the initial military action is OK. But..."
"If they have a strategy, they certainly haven't briefed it to us. And they seem to be all over the map."
"We need to understand these goals. President Trump owes that to the American people. We need to understand what exactly he is trying to achieve, especially with any further military action."
"How are you going to ask young men and women to risk their lives for what, for an uncertain goal? For an end game that you can't even describe, that's why having a strategy is so critical and we have ..."
"We understand it, but we need to know what's going to come next."
"The topic of our hearing today should be important to anyone concerned about accountability, efficiency, and transparency in our multibillion-dollar defense sector."