Jack Reed actually said...

"If and when confirmed, will you work to ensure that the Department of Defense produces a final MLA rule that, like the proposed one, robustly enhances protections for servicemembers and their families..."

"Would you acknowledge that part of our strategy has to be constituting an Iraqi Government that is perceived by its own people as being a bit fairer and inclusive?"

"You have also led efforts in the Senate to combat waste, fraud, and abuse in the Pentagon acquisition."

"We are now in a position of trying to essentially contain the regional ambitions of the Iranians and kinetically defeat the Sunni radical Islamists."