Jack Reed actually said...

"Are they aware of the impending sort of budgetary train wreck in the United States?"

"Their enthusiasm to raise their defense budget is probably affected by our lack of will to raise ours."

"In the extreme, the United States could find itself in a position where it must either abandon an important national interest or enter a conflict for which it is not fully prepared."

"In Iraq, there's a recognition of the need for Sunni, Shia, and Kurdish factions to overcome their divisions."