11/07/2011
https://www.congress.gov...
"We cannot sit on the sidelines and watch the State Department be seen as retreating at a time when we need more soft power, not less."
"I do not understand how you can cut soft power by 29 percent."
"We're going to cost-plus contracts have been replaced by fixed-price contracts. That's been a hell of a fight, but it's going to save money."
"This budget is just driven by an arbitrary number. It comes out of OMB, but it basically is a result of increasing military spending."