“I'm pretty frustrated with the DoD and I feel like some of the leadership at the DoD comes over here and they say: `Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. May we have another cut?’…When you're not on the cameras, please, please look at [the President’s budget proposal], because we can't help you if the DoD's going to come over here and say, `Yes, we want to take these cuts.’”
— Rep. Austin Scott, R-Ga., commenting on the civilians running the Pentagon to Army generals Wednesday at a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee’s readiness subcommittee.