Kelly Ayotte actually said...

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

"Admiral McRaven, looking well into the future, are you concerned about the projected 60 percent reduction in undersea strike volume?"

"How important will the Virginia payload module be in addressing at least a portion of this looming gap in undersea strike capabilities?"

"would it be accurate to describe the Persian Gulf and the seas adjacent to Iran as an increasingly anti-access and area-denial environment?"