Tim Kaine actually said...

"The one thing that they were most concerned about was effects on training, the backing up of assigned training slots at various training facilities."

"In making sure that the Guard maintains that desired state going forward, that makes things like retention and the training of guardsmen and reservists--ongoing training--absolutely critical."

"I would suspect that some of the short-term savings we might be trying to obtain through something like sequester actually may work to our long-term disadvantage even on the savings side."

"Going forward, there is no intent from a planning perspective that the Guard would revert back to just a pure Reserve function."