if you had to kind of stack rank, and I realize perfection is never going to be attainable, but certainly there are better outcomes than others, what country stands out perhaps as a model saying this has been an example of success?

Americans are the most generous people in the world when it comes to humanitarian aid and contributing to relief efforts that span the globe.

I appreciate your guys' commitment to the country. I very much do. And for those of you who served, your service to the country. And thank you for being here today.

I do have some issues that are more parochial.

Even more concerning, you note that a number of facilities slipping from poor to failing is going up instead of going down.

If we do another round of BRAC, will it improve readiness or will it take away from our readiness?

I think the services can each tell you what they need to spend above what they could right now.

Over approximately a 5- to 6-year period, so we would expect a return on investment.

Correct me if I'm out of bounds here, you should have a short- and long-term plan for facilities.

If the same thing would have happened there on private property, would it have been 2 years for the cleanup under the same circumstances? I hope not.

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You guys are three branches of the same arm, and it really kind of worries me on different things.

We appreciate Senator Tester's commitment to working collaboratively with Tribal Colleges to addressing our collective mission of improving the lives of our students through higher education and moving American Indians toward…

the outdoor recreation economy is a $6 billion economy in Montana alone.

The fact is that if we are going to continue to grow our outdoor economy, those trails are pretty damn important.

You have my applause for that.

Fifty million? And if you are doing 1.5 million a year, where are you at now? Are you at 10 million, 15, 20?

Public lands should be that way.