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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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