Don Bacon actually said...

"We are going to try to work hard. We may not be able to do it in one fell swoop, but we are going to try to chip away at this and get it done."

"We have to restore that 5 percent."

"When I go back home, I hear from parents, hey, we don't really think our kid should join right now because the focus is not on warfighting."

"We are not short of leaders, and so we have got to make sure that our leadership development and caring and compassion is strong."