In your statement you report that more than half of the schools serving communities with significant military populations do not meet State academic standards in reading and math.

the Department must work closely with OMB and Congress to ensure the additional cost hinder recapitalization or put additional burden on the American taxpayer.

What Senator Webb indicates is very important. We want to make sure that we're tracking the health of the force.

A lot of these people could hold their head up high and walk away, basically say, 'I've done my time.'

The Guard and Reserve, as Senator Webb said, is an indispensable part of this war effort.

I think we need to look long and hard at finding a way to call people in from the Reserves to Active Duty for limited periods of time without presidential consultation.

there is widespread concern about the sustainability of military health care benefits.

I think the law needs to be changed, quite frankly.

various study groups in recent years have questioned the wisdom of the military's traditional 20-year requirement to earn retired pay

Senator Graham. General Schoomaker, there is disciplinary action pending against Major Nidal Hasan, but we need to know what steps you have taken to ensure that the performance of young doctors in the Army Medical Corps is being accurately…

General Schoomaker, please tell me more about the Confidential Alcohol Treatment and Education Pilot program.

I was gratified to learn that enrollment in TRICARE for Reserves has grown significantly since last year.

Yes, I agree there is a shortage of health care professionals in the military and America.

Despite the importance of medical and dental readiness, at the end of the day, my sense is that funding for medical and dental readiness does not compete well with other priorities.

The equipment problems in the Coast Guard seem pretty serious to me. We have an aging fleet.

We need to figure out how to address this problem.

I want to make sure they can be used in a logical way.

Do we need to look at changing our laws?