Joe Manchin actually said...

"I'm here speaking for all three components. I'm the only one under title 10 who's responsible for ensuring that a total Army is here."

"I have not heard when I was governor of the State of West Virginia and now in my role as a Senator, from anybody in the military that the Guard was not able to perform whatever mission you asked when ..."

"My concern was that basically men and women in uniform perform the same function, can do it, I think, much more cost-effective and better than anybody else can do it."

"What concern does that give you or should it give all of us?"