"Sometimes even the schizophrenia combines, so when active, major military figures say that the deficit is the number one security challenge, which we have had that testimony before us, it is challenging to know how to negotiate these icebergs and be pro-military, pro-armed services, and yet try to d..."
"I think we would all say if we looked at deficits right now, they are not what we want them to be, and we want to manage them in a significant way, but do it right, and do it consistent with obligatio..."
"I kind of feel like I am in a schizophrenic world in the Senate because I go to Budget Committee meetings where a primary message is we are not cutting enough spending, and I go to Armed Services Comm..."
"If it was only a matter of employment law we were thinking about, you would be right."
"I feel better having you guys on the case. I have a son in the military, and it is good to know that there are great advocates like you out there battling for him."
"We have a divided--we have a citizenry that is of multiple opinions about it."
"I agree it would be very unwise to do this on the military side without doing it more broadly."
"When you said earlier that to means test military without programs would be discriminatory, would be, and in my view that would be wrong."
"We are never going to ask 10 soldiers to do more than 10 soldiers' worth of work."
"A strong narrative of commitment and a strong narrative of Afghans' credible, to the fore, in the lead for providing security, I believe is a critical component to success of the elections in 2014."
"I think our presence post-2014 is designed to address two conflicting issues: first, that we are not an occupying force; but second, we are not going to abandon Afghanistan."