Joe Manchin actually said...

General Grass, if confirmed, would you work to find a cost-effective solution that would allow National Guard units to retain the C-23?

We could delay the further withdrawal of U.S. forces until 2014 so as to give our commanders maximum flexibility and combat power to achieve...

This path would constitute a rush to failure, place unnecessary risks on our forces, and I could not support it in any respect.

we've always been supportive of [foreign military sales] but I think we can up our game a little bit. . . . Maybe in some cases take a look ...