Joe Manchin actually said...

It is clear to me from my conversations with our military commanders both on the ground and in the Pentagon that they have been reduced from...

I do believe that we are increasing risk for modernization as we are talking about here.

What all this translates to is risk: risk that problems and contingencies once addressed in days will be addressed in months

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank all three of you for your service and for being here today.