Jack Reed actually said...

"strategic and tactical airlift is central to everything we do, everywhere we do it, and it deserves premier attention."

"The surge is not only Homeland security. It is also a major campaign, which would be a conventional fight, unlike the irregular warfare we are seeing now?"

"One other follow-up, and that is part of the savings going forward that you are projecting are a function of Congress changing the law."

"I hope that is not the case going forward."