We--as a Nation--owe it to our military children to provide the best possible environment for them to grow and thrive.

What are the characteristics of command support and military environment that cause some families to succeed and others to struggle?

What do we know about the effect of these years on children as they grow into adolescence?

We as a Nation need to be ready to handle these issues because if we don't stay out in front of them, we won't be able to react fast enough.

Mr. Myers, Ms. Marin, Dr. Rau, General Larsen, and Ms. Nesmith, how are you systematically evaluating family support programs to make sure they are meeting their intended goals?

What are OSD and the Services doing to provide assistance to local school districts in areas heavily impacted by the presence of military family members?

Last year, Senator Nelson and I proposed a legislative solution to this. Do we need to propose legislation again this year?

families consider the commissary one of their most important benefits.

benefits for survivors of military personnel who die while serving on active duty have been significantly enhanced in recent years.

Why don't military families have the same opportunity?

The Department would ask Congress to continue supporting this important program. The Career Advancement Account provides opportunities for military spouses to build a career.

I'm one of those people who think it takes a family to raise a child, and we need to do everything possible to keep families together.

We were told we had to vote for this TARP bill or the whole world economic system would collapse the next day.

To me this is not a mission creep. This is a stampede of any traditional understanding of constitutional boundaries.

If you adopt the rule that the legislation proposes, then pro-competitive effects are no longer considered.

Increasing TRICARE fees is not the solution for containing the rising costs of military health care.

I am very grateful that, at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, the augmentees you mentioned, the sailors, the naval personnel are being trained there to be sand sailors.

To me, I want more Americans to know and understand that American military medicine is the best ever.