Adam Smith actually said...

"Transparency doesn't, you know, buy us necessarily a pain free experience, but I think it makes it work better."

"I hope that your testimony today will highlight areas of greatest risk and help this committee and others in Congress make the right choices."

"Everyone here, I am sure, hopes that a budget deal can be reached, eliminating the damaging effects of sequestration on critical national interests."

"But Afghanistan is directly connected to our vital national security interests and we must get this right."