I take it from that, that you believe that one of the effective elements of leadership is education.

It seems to me to be a problem there, that if we are just going to pay, even if they don't complete the course or a portion of the course.

And third, it is just could be for the sake of education, just to learn something that you did not know.

It would strike me that the purpose of these educational opportunities is to offer to servicemembers and their families two or three things.

But in terms of an objective scorecard for members of the military to look at the various schools to see--for example, if I took a course from the American Military University, would my hours be transferable to a community college in my…

The for-profit schools were actually going onto the camps in Illinois, meeting with National Guard units, and trying to recruit them.

What is your thinking about that?

In recent years, for-profit schools have become a major part of this program. Have they not?

I have many times.

I would assume that some servicemembers view this as after their service opportunity that when they finally leave the military, they will have another pursuit in their lives.

The President has also requested an additional $79.4 billion in Overseas Contingency Operations funding for DOD.

I think as we move forward, we are going to have to make sure that we are coordinating with them.

Is it in the United States' interest to allow the open and unfettered sale of these exploits and other attack capabilities?

The President has requested $526.6 billion in funding for DOD, with one-third going to operations, one-third going to personnel costs, and the remaining third used for investments.

We absolutely must have that workforce. I agree.

I think our Nation's most important cybersecurity resource is its cyber workforce.

Madam President, I also would like to thank the Senator from Colorado for his generosity with his time and for giving me the opportunity to make some remarks. I have an amendment I filed which I do not think we are going to get an…

I applaud your efforts to bring more accountability, efficiency and transparency to the Federal contracting process.