Jack Reed actually said...

"An aggressive Russia continues to violate international convention in an attempt to fracture the post-Cold War vision of a Europe that is whole, free, and at peace."

"The international is very important because of the ability and willingness of entities to arbitrage sort of regulatory environments."

"The combatant commander designation would allow us to be faster, which would generate better mission outcomes."

"if sequestration were imposed and went to those levels, that we could not perform the missions assigned to us under the current strategy"