I was very pleased to see the President elevate the SBA Administrator to Cabinet level, and I think it is about time.

I concur with the stakeholders that there are probably better requirements upon which to base qualification to or service on this Article I Court.

When visitors enter Clark Veterans Cemetery, they pass through a gate inscribed with the words 'Served with Honor.'

Thank you and good morning, Chairman Runyan, Ranking Member McNerney and distinguished Members of this Subcommittee.

Yeah. We've done the necessary research, and we feel confident that we can work with the State Department and the administration to put that treaty together.

I think we must all work together to properly honor and remember those individuals who are laid to rest at Clark Veterans Cemetery.

I think collaboration is very important, but collaboration that does not include the programs that are making a difference for businesses does not have the same impact.

This is not just any paperwork.

we have a duty. Really, we have to 'bind up our Nation's wounds to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan.'

Dr. Woodson, would this be a way to provide better care at a lower cost to the taxpayers for TRICARE For Life beneficiaries?

we should put that, if we do not show the courage to deal with the entire budget.

We would not be able to have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan without our Guard or Reserve.

I think we have a duty, given what our servicemen and women have done, to really have a very hard discussion about this.

Do you believe the Army should be reducing its end strength before achieving its dwell time goals?

That is a very significant number for many who have done multiple tours for us. So I think the American people need to understand that in terms of some of the choices that we are making.

If future unanticipated contingency operations emerge and the Army's dwell time predictions turn out to be too optimistic, at what point would you recommend pausing or reversing the Army's end strength reductions?

We have over-promised and under-delivered for a long time.

How many are going to receive involuntary termination in terms of officers and NCOs with the drawdown, the 72,000 drawdown?