Patty Murray actually said...

"If we didn't have the employer support that we've got out there today, we wouldn't have a National Guard."

"In the State of Washington, we're very interested in adding a Stryker Brigade Combat Team to the Army National Guard."

"If we don't get them home and with their families, and get them the care they need, then we're going to be in trouble in the future."

"I hear it all the time, they're afraid to say something is wrong, because they don't want to sit there, miles and thousands of miles away from family."