Claire McCaskill actually said...

"With the end of the Cold War, we have seen a significant drawdown of U.S. forces in Europe."

"As an auditor, I'm pretty confident that if I had the time and the staff, I could figure out that relocatables cost our military a lot of money that we didn't need to spend."

"Secretary Pfannenstiel, bottom line, can the Marine Corps ensure that this plan is not going to lead to essentially duplicative Federal funding during these economically tight times? If so, how?"

"Secretary Pfannenstiel, when will the Marine Corps sit down with all stakeholders and provide baseline information about the status of this decision and key cost considerations?"