Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"I am concerned that a significant majority of our non-deployed Marine Corps forces are in a degraded state of readiness."

"if Congress does not authorize additional BRAC rounds, DOD will be forced to use its authority to begin to close and realign bases."

"In my view this is not a risk that we can afford to undertake on behalf of our national security, as Secretary Panetta has articulated so well."

"So that would certainly be something important so that you did not have to install a new trainer on a base."