Joe Manchin: “the triple whammy of sequester on this kind of component of readiness.”

It can't be this total political division. It's not my fault. It's your fault. It's their fault.

I will make a decision in January -- at the end of this year.

West by God Virginia. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Blessed be West Virginia. ____________________

When you like both people and both sides, you can sit down with both sides, you can agree to disagree, you can try to find compromise and make things happen.