"How do we get it through to Maliki that he has to stop suppressing the Sunnis or he, in fact, is creating an al Qaeda opportunity in places like Fallujah?"
"But, do we have any analysis of why people are joining these organizations, why young people are joining them, why they are getting people?"
"I think it's time that Congress acted."
"I think we should take our obligation to meet the caps but to deal with the sequester, as the BCA contemplated in August 2011."
"I think that is something we need to be thinking about that is not like they can turn around and to go to TRICARE and use their local provider."
"Are you suggesting our healthcare system in this country is screwed up?"
"I suspect you would agree that this is something the VA should be gearing up for in a very serious way."
"It is truly. It is, and it is quite disturbing that veterans, more or less, have to go around and shop for a doctor specialized in this care."
"I don't believe the VA has the ability to move three moves ahead or to see that where the need is coming until they have the problem."
"I don't understand why anybody would go to you for counseling if they understand that that record of that counseling can be made available in a later proceeding."
"I want to associate myself with your request for the data on the backlog. That is really important, and don't sugarcoat it."