Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"I am just trying to understand why that is necessary."

"Without a major change in national strategy to account for a smaller force with reduced capability, the Army will likely experience a period where it is indeed hollow."

"The Army today is able to produce only enough readiness to meet requirements--and we can only achieve this because of the extra funding made available by the Bipartisan Budget Act (BBA)."

"You know, we spent a lot of last year talking about how are we going to address sexual assaults in the military."