«When Paul Cox came out with his paper saying that cyanobacteria produce BMAA,» he says with a lingering
Texan twang, «I thought, whoa, we'd better look into this because here in Florida we get some really big blooms.»
Austin - born McClellan, who talks fast with
a Texan twang in his voice, continues: «When you're going to war, the most consequential decision a president can make, you've got to be open and truthful about the situation as best you know it - about the consequences, the risk and the cost and we weren't.