My last comment would be this, and if you want to respond to it, fine.
We have to know up here, as we pivot to new threats, emerging threats, we have to know up here where we are weak in our ability to respond.
Can you kind of walk me through the Air Force's plans long-term on Reaper?
We owe you certainty. We owe the country certainty. And we have fallen short in that area.
My concern, however, is taking the attack aviation piece completely out of the National Guard.
I think that is the push for the future, and the effort is ongoing and we need to continue it.
I have got an A-10 question that only demands just a brief answer.
My compliments to the Secretary and to the Chief for their great work.
Right now, we are losing an average of 22 a day, which is 8,000 a year, and that is far too many.
The trouble is, though, you cannot--this is something that if we are going to be short on physicians 5 years from now you cannot decide 3 ye...
This really is a huge problem, and it is not just with VA.
We do not want to have some arbitrary cutoff date when science tells us that you have gone as far as you can go.
We can work hard and work hard on our making sure that the veterans have the benefits that were promised.
Well, really both, in the sense it is one thing to go home, with restored function as best we can do; it is another thing to go home and be ...
We appreciate all of you all's hard work for our veterans.
There should not be an arbitrary line drawn that says we cannot help this individual anymore.
I do feel that, done right, the regulatory reform effort--the regulatory system can be better, cheaper, and faster.
we need to find ways and I think one of Congress' responsibilities should be to really find ways to make this work a lot better than it is w...
