"Let's tell the truth. It's tell-the-truth time."
"I read the rule. I had people read the rule a whole lot smarter than me."
"The details of the rule, in my opinion, are insane."
"What's going on here is bad."
"We are behind. We are behind Russia. We are going to be behind China."
"How does this timeline affect the Service's ability to carry out its core missions in the Arctic?"
"Peace through strength. I mean, we need the strength."
"The main competition that we have is Russia and China."
"I want it to sort of stop. I want to turn a new page."
"meeting presence with presence in the Arctic when it comes to competition with Russia and China."
"This can't--I don't want it to go on for another 10 or 20 or 30 years."