Claire McCaskill actually said...

"I particularly would like to know section by section in the Cemetery when you are assured that you have identified all the mistakes that exist."

"Well, let us be honest here. I mean, really, what has happened here is employees at the Cemetery finally had enough and they went to Salon.com and Salon did an expose on what was going on at Arlington..."

"Please be aware that I will respond if I hear words like `disaster,' `stunned,' `throwing money at contractors,' or `no product to show for it."

"I will just say that our records show, in preparation for this hearing, that Veterans Affairs says they were more than willing to work with you."