Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"If future unanticipated contingency operations emerge and the Army's dwell time predictions turn out to be too optimistic, at what point would you recommend pausing or reversing the Army's end strengt..."

"we have a duty. Really, we have to 'bind up our Nation's wounds to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan.'"

"This is not just any paperwork."

"We have over-promised and under-delivered for a long time."