Roger Wicker actually said...

"What specifically should we do? What steps should this committee and this Congress take to reverse these trends?"

"Let's speak it out loudly and clearly from both sides of this table, and make it clear that what is at stake is nothing less than the national security of Americans."

"Has anything happened around the world since that determination was made that would make us revise that force structure?"

"Of course, the unthinkable happened, and we had to deal with it."