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I think we not only have to win the battles, we have to re-acquire the hearts and minds of the people there.

We need you to help in this humanitarian crisis.

One of the greatest concerns was the Iraqi troops, and when you look at the number of ISIS fighters in Ramadi compared to the Iraqi troops, it was a very sparse number of ISIS fighters, but they won the day anyhow because the Iraqi troops…

Are we going to make sure that everybody knows, look, it is a sign of strength to try to get some help, to talk to somebody, as opposed to any weakness?

I believe one of the greatest threats to our troops is when they find themselves in a personal place where they start to think about something like suicide.

The National Guard and Reserve are a critical source of many of the capabilities required in ongoing operations and contingency surge requirements both abroad and at home.

It is one patient. It is one soldier.

We are not asking you to fight our battle, but we need you as a partner, shoulder to shoulder.

One of my concerns is time.

Thank you and your family. I also want to thank Secretary Hagel for his service as Secretary of Defense...

We lost 479 young men and women to suicide in 2013 who were in the military.

Mercury is toxic to the human brain. And neurological problems have been caused by mercury and mercury should not be in vaccines.

The establishment of a four-star Joint Readiness Command (JRC) to oversee joint readiness, especially medical readiness, is intended to fill a critical gap, rather than increase bureaucracy.

The most important thing is our military medical readiness.

I made some mistakes. We should have indexed the premiums on TRICARE for the gray area retirees.

It should not be lost on the committee that of the five commissioners, all of us have had military service, we are military retirees, we have served this Nation in war and in peace.

I want to state that what the chairman and vice chairman have stated relative to our unbelievably complex tax code has to be addressed.

Senator Cardin, who just spoke, and I are going to be introducing, this week, legislation that I hope you will be able to support.