that's a moral contract. It's a moral contract that goes beyond benefits, and it goes to the life of an individual who spends a career in the military.

General Stultz, what percentage of the Army Reserve has deployed?

It preserves the citizen-soldier concept.

It's very healthy for the military. It's very healthy for the country.

I need a breakdown of who served: ethnically, racially, by Service, by year; and what the casualties were, by Service, by race, by ethnicity, by year.

I found it really interesting, that a majority of the healthcare was going to dependents, retirees, et cetera.

We really want to make sure that people who aren't eligible for these S&I pays are adequately compensated.

This kind of information shouldn't take 3 months. I don't want to be put in a position where I'd have to put a hold on nominations.

Recognizing at the outset that each one of these components has its own personality and its own way of conducting operations, it's a question that varies, just in terms of the way people are used, I fully recognize that, going in.

Business as usual hasn't been done, in many ways, on both sides of the aisle.

I'm really concerned that this whole process is bogged down, and we have people waiting around.

I believe it was your written testimony that had the chart on the percentage of military medicine that was being provided to retirees.

We also need to focus on properly compensating people who incur lifetime difficulties, as a result of their military service.

I hope and pray the Senate, one day, can get back to doing business as usual.

What kind of a bonus should they get?

I've heard that argument. I heard it when the Dole-Shalala Commission came in, and from my perspective, it's more akin to compensation from a tort claim or an injury, rather than fitting someone to a particular profession in an…

When I had your position, it was one out of five was over the age of 40.

I want to keep pushing to create a reimbursement system that we're honoring that spouse's service.