Claire McCaskill actually said...

"if this is about the locals being not sufficient to guard our embassy in theater because of the threat, it seems to me that we are not going up the food chain, we are going down the food chain."

"is it maybe time to say that we should not be guarding embassies in theater with private security contracts?"

"I think it is very important to point out that on the initiative of the Department of State, in March of this year, you did a check and inspected the guards."

"I think that you want the contracting officers in the Federal Government to be tough on contractors."