Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"But please know that we want a full-year defense appropriation for the rest of fiscal year 2011 to come forward."

"Senator Brown and I are sponsoring a bill. It involves giving the authorities in Afghanistan an opportunity to terminate contracting funds..."

"If there is feedback that you have and tools that we could provide you to make sure that you have the ability to terminate funds to contractors where the money shouldn't go..."

"I think it would be a mistake to drastically cut the size of our military or our readiness."