Angus King actually said...

"The cessation of hostilities is certainly better than the all-out war we were seeing before."

"I think we need to balance the things we ask of our services to do and especially in uncertain times like we have today."

"Certainly we cannot avoid--or should we avoid budgetary considerations? We all have to live within budgets."

"The retention is so important because if we could move the average retention out a year, that would be a significant savings across the board because of the training costs."