Adam Smith actually said...

"Let me say right, if I could, your intent and your design are, I am sorry, irrelevant to this conversation."

"I am telling you, this is really, really poorly drafted in terms of narrowing it down to a specific set of purposes."

"the amount of money we are requesting, or that we envision inside this request--the $500 million--is a pretty reasonable planning factor for what we would expect to do."

"I would suggest better the 'how' is we want to train them and equip them so that they are better positioned to fight."