Claire McCaskill actually said...

"I appreciate your service, and I appreciate how hard you have worked at coming up with the best answer among a list of very bad choices."

"I wanted to briefly bring up with you, Secretary Napolitano, something that I have been working on for a number of years now, and that is foreign repair stations as it relates to airline maintenance."

"I am hopeful that you all are looking at the security clearinghouse contracting issue as it relates to a recompete."

"What I am worried about is that there was testimony this summer that we had 600 oversight positions vacant in Iraq and Afghanistan."