Mike Gallagher actually said...

"Give the top 10 percent or 25 percent graduates preferential treatment in terms of their follow-on assignment, right. That could be a powerful incentive."

"The idea being that, you know, go back to Rooster's [Lieutenant General Schmidle's] days and every naval officer could tell you everything about the Soviet navy."

"If we do all these things and then outlaw the use of acronyms, the Chinese cannot beat us. I guarantee you."

"I certainly applaud it, because it goes back to the point I made about literacy--what do you need to know for the position you're going to."