Susan Collins actually said...

"I think it's a tremendous and overdue initiative."

"Can you assure me that the Army's manpower reductions will not be made until the Army has reached its target dwell time of 2 years at home for every 1 year deployed for soldiers?"

"I don't see how we get to a stable state in Afghanistan."

"That says to me that we are going to have to continue to be a major contributor to paying for those security forces forever."