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The particular issue of concern to me is the issue of ground troops. We're not going to defeat ISIL strictly from the air.

It's unbelievably important for you gentlemen to give your unvarnished, best advice up the chain of command.

Do you think we should reexamine those decisions? It just seems like we are reducing our force structure at a time of... unprecedented threats and danger to this country.

I am concerned that we are making decisions and doing drawdowns and force reductions based upon old news.

We ought to be using contractors for everything but fighting.

I share my colleagues' concern that we are facing a new round of challenges around the world and we really have to revisit that decision.

I think that was a tremendous strategic mistake in retrospect, because the world has changed and now suddenly we are in competition with Russia again.

By not showing any level of resistance, then they're going to maintain their presence.

Therefore, getting rid of Assad should be a priority

I think you raise an excellent point in your last statement.

We still don't treat mental illness the same way we treat physical illness in this country from the perspective of Federal reimbursement policies and programs, which is pretty stunning in this day and age.

Through these interagency efforts and many others, the Administration has achieved historic progress.

The best practices from these successes will guide efforts in the rest of the country and the momentum generated by the President's focus will propel all of us towards the national goal.

I commend you all for your tireless efforts to ensure that America fulfills its obligations to our current service members, veterans, and their families.

To be clear, the FAA should be ensuring that local communities have a voice when decisions that affect them directly are being made by the agency. ____________________

I believe the Senator from Wisconsin wants to make a comment before I do. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Fischer). The Senator from Wisconsin.

Are there any savings to be had? And if so, we would like to quantify them because in fiscal year 2017 we are going to face about a $15 billion shortfall.

It seems to me a natural.