Bonnie Coleman actually said...

"Congratulations to you, Admiral. You are very encouraging, and it seems that you have taken this assignment on with all high expectations, and with respect to those that get the job done, on behalf of..."

"I spent much of my career working in EEO/affirmative action, and so I understand the, sort of, frustration when the system just does not do what it is supposed to do."

"So what does that mean to have oversight, just to observe?"

"It seems that they may have decided upon a direction in which to go, but not necessarily having information necessary to go in that direction."