Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"Secretary Wright, has DOD estimated potential liability due to the Thomas case? If so, what is the cost estimate?"

"I think the tail is wagging the dog in terms of how long it would take to put that up."

"I guess I am kind of dumbfounded by it because, as I understand it, that was not in the budget proposal put forth by the Department."

"The reason that I am asking this is because here is where we are with Russia, a postmortem conviction of Sergei Magnitsky--the human rights case--who was, of course, tortured and killed for bringing o..."