Gerry Connolly actually said...

"What is U.S. interest? That is what we ought to be talking about, and we ought to be hard-nosed about it."

"I really hope we recalibrate and try to diffuse the politics here."

"You can't have temporary leadership forever."

"I mean, after everything we're talking about, after four studies going on, the idea that somebody--that we wouldn't put operations as central to the mission of a new general manager boggles the mind."