Jim Webb actually said...

"I hope that once you assume your position here, you will resist the notion to get on an airplane and go say 'hi' around the world."

"We're entering a period where DOD, and I think the people at this table understand it--other people in DOD have to realize that these budgets are going to get a lot tighter, these programs are going t..."

"Stability is one issue. But being mandatorily committed to coming to the defense of a country...is very troublesome."

"If you cannot clearly articulate when the commitment will be ended, then we tend to move sort of in an ad hoc way."