Jack Reed actually said...

"That's something that we all have to reflect upon in terms of the costs, as Senator Inhofe pointed out, of the sequestration impact."

"My observation has been that our National Guard when they're deployed and our Reserve when they're deployed is one Army."

"But typically the training level and the training test of the year is at the platoon and company level; is that fair?"

"General Odierno, one of the principles of a reduced force is that it is more readily deployed, faster, quicker, with more lethality, better training, and better--I hate to use the word 'productivity,'..."