The major concern that this committee has can be said in two words, retention and recruiting.
Since September 11th, 282,896 of our Guard and Reserve personnel have been called to active duty, and 25,151 have been called upon more than...
Are you considering expanding the military if we find ourselves having to involve ourselves in all these activities?
We must relieve the stress on this force, and we believe our plan is designed to do that.
Are you confident that you can meet your goals without changing any standards in recruiting or retention?
I am pleased that the Army is responding to the stress of overseas deployments by temporarily increasing end strength by 30,000.
However, these ongoing operations have strained our troops.
I, for one, am very concerned about the long-term effect it will have on our military recruiting and retention.
Mr. Chairman, recently our attention has been focused on prisoner abuse. Would your studies have been able to detect flaws in one's characte...
I suppose you all agree.
I realize that it is part of the policy of our Defense Department to make certain that every person in uniform carries his or her load.
BRAC is upon us again.
we continue to improve upon our data collection efforts as well as our ability to track those who have abused children.
It is essential that we work together to assure that the children of Indian country are protected from abuse.
Surely, there can be no more precious resource than our children.
While this Committee has already taken important strides to reverse action taken by the FCC, further discussion of these issues is warranted...
I want to commend Chairman McCain for continuing the Committee's series of hearings on the critically important issue of media consolidation...
Despite the fact that all five Commissioners agreed before this Committee that too much consolidation has been allowed in radio, the FCC has...
