Claire McCaskill actually said...

"I think it is very unrealistic that we will ever get to a point that we will not be relying heavily on contractors in any future contingency."

"So if sustainability is a no-go, it doesn't go?"

"I guarantee you, if I took some of the gos and took it to some of the folks that are on the ground in that area, they would say, 'Are you kidding? Really? This isn't going to be sustained. These folks..."

"I am particularly worried about sustainability in Afghanistan because it appears to me that there is a real disconnect between what we are building for Afghanistan and what Afghanistan can afford."