It is critical that the Members of this Committee hear from you and other women veterans.
We cannot do oversight or help you when you need it, when there are contract modifications that are happening literally every other month.
The things that you are citing are absolutely unacceptable.
It is a pleasure to work with you, which is a fact.
Your testimony indicates you believe you have all the tools you need.
The end result is a compromise in which none of us got all that we wanted.
I think we, as a Department, need to do a better job of managing some of our contracts, and our program, really.
We never want to forget that war is a god-awful thing, and you do not put people in harm's way without knowing what you are doing.
You are a hell of a lot smarter than the people up here.
But the sanctions are a tool that you are in charge of.
Wouldn't it be smarter to do that than put boots on the ground or drop bombs?