Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"This committee still does expect to be able to account to the people of this country for how this money was spent."

"How do we make sure that you have what you need, Mr. Sopko, to properly conduct oversight and to make sure that the Inspector General's Office has the teeth that it needs to get us information that we..."

"It strikes me that as you look at the GAO recommendations, the lessons learned from Iraq, none were taken into account as this transitioned to Afghanistan."

"Do you agree it would have at least been helpful to say to SIGAR we think there is a huge problem with this number and we are going to have a financial analysis done on it?"