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We need Germany rather and the Europeans to apply that kind of pressure.

Aging in place is not just a goal, it's a necessity for many seniors.

I could not agree more. Truly, it's so exciting.

I very much look forward to sharing your testimony with this group of people from Maine who are concerned about such devastating brain cancers as glioblastoma.

I have seen how data has been misused, particularly when you look at the wait time issues in the VA.

I am humbled and honored by President Barack Obama's nomination to lead the Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service.

This is a good Maine man. We have a saying in Maine that if somebody is pretty good, they are referred to as finest kind.

If the military spent as much time on out-placing our veterans as it does on recruiting them, the veterans' community would be better off.

He is a man of true character.

Mike Michaud probably has as much experience in veterans' affairs issues as anyone in the Congress.

I think that is so important in a job like this one which is really about administration and about problem-solving and about getting things done on behalf of our veterans.

It is a pleasure to be here, yet I must say it is a daunting experience to sit on this side of the table.

We have to start planning not only short-term but long-term.

I brought forward a plan to actually reorganize the whole Department.

You have got to break down the silos that are currently out there, which is difficult at times to do.

I think it is bad for the country.

I think if you look at the strategic situation right now for the United States globally, that is a strategic mistake which, hopefully, we can reverse.

Yes, sir, absolutely.