They were mad as hell and had A right to be. And they wanted to know why Hedgehog was not being held accountable. If any other officer, if any civilian member of the Defense Department had been this careless, sloppy and irresponsible, of course they would have been fired. But he continues a long way, Senator. He refused to cooperate with the inspector general's investigation. Is he going to be able to do that with the Senate? (12:57–13:09)
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