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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

What is the year that this adjustment was made?

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

The use of psychiatric medications has increased about 76 percent overall since the start of the current wars.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

I can't believe you're going to do that. I don't think there's any operational requirement that should cause you, at this point in our history, to put that kind of pressure on our people.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

I think one of the unsung heroes of this war are the medical personnel on the front lines.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

I think the implication that we have 1 in 6 with a serious mental disorder, I think, is a reach.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

I think we undervalue what we can get out of people who haven't yet finished high school.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

Does anyone else have any thoughts on that?

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

We will do so with men and women of the highest caliber whose willingness to serve, is a credit to this great Nation.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

There's no greater responsibility for Congress and military leaders, as our witnesses all know, than to care and provide for our servicemembers and for their families.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

I know Senator Graham has to go, and he wanted to----

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

TRICARE will not be affected, as long as I have anything to do with it.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

Yes, I've actually heard them in other hearings, so----

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

I'd just say as an observation, one, we do have a really stressed, young force, because of these deployments.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

17 percent of the Active-Duty Force, and as much as 6 percent of deployed troops, are on antidepressants.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

Well said. In that respect, it probably goes back to one of the possibilities that I was raising here.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

I really want to work on this so we can aggressively address it.

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Jim Webb
@jimwebb· Democratic · VA· Mar 9, 2010

There's a lot of questions, here in Congress, about how that reflects upon the dignity of Service, quite frankly.

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