Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"Secretary Panetta and Chairman Dempsey have said that sequestration will hollow out our force."

"I can't imagine anyone on this committee would ever stand for hollowing out our force."

"The reason that was done is because modernization was such an important issue to getting that treaty through the U.S. Senate because modernization is very, very important for our nuclear program."

"These are choices that we are certainly, we know from even Secretary Panetta's testimony, taking on some risk with."