Political Quotes

Claire McCaskill: That seems awfully high civilian, which I understand how it happened and why it happened, but shouldn't we try to…

On the recordFebruary 10, 2016
That seems awfully high civilian, which I understand how it happened and why it happened, but shouldn't we try to reverse that?
Said by
Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Senator McCaskill questions the high ratio of civilian to military personnel in the generating force.

Share

More from Claire McCaskill

Oct 4, 2022

I hope voters get beyond the partisan stop and look at the character of these men.

msnbc.com
Sep 12, 2022

Third, he`s got a guy sitting on the Supreme Court whose wife is helping plot to overthrow the government.

msnbc.com
Sep 12, 2022

I think it would be very hard for him, with the abortion -- anti-abortion forces in this country that are totally Republican, I think it would be very hard for him to not let there be a vote.

msnbc.com
Aug 24, 2022

Well, first, I want everybody to slow down a little bit. We are still the underdogs in this election. And I am speaking as someone in 2018, we picked up 40 seats in the House but we still lost four senators.

msnbc.com

Other voices in this conversation