Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"We're going to have to reprogram funds from somewhere--I don't know where, for sure yet--in order to meet those."

"How do we put that into the permanent mindset of DOD?"

"Having the incentive structure to do any type of effort like this is very important."

"Only in the current climate here in Washington, DC, can an agency propose a cut in the rate of growth of future budgets and call it a triumph."