The Ovarian Cancer Treatment Program and the Breast Cancer Treatment Program are earmarks.

a bipartisan group of 48 Members of Congress recently requested that the program be instated for $25 million, and be expanded to all blood cancers.

Military medicine is a critical element in our defense strength.

It is a vital component in our military compensation package, one that is necessary to sustain the all-volunteer force.

Our ability to care for our wounded soldiers on the modern battlefield is a testament both to the hard work and dedication of our men and women in uniform.

I have many questions I'd like to submit to you, but one final one if I may.

On behalf of the subcommittee, I thank all of you, but I have a few questions.

This is our challenge, but this is our duty.

The accession bonus has also been a very successful recruiting tool.

A historic Presidential election which has made significant national and international political impact.

Today if I were wounded with the same injury in Baghdad, I suppose I'd be in a hospital within 30 minutes because of helicopters and such.

I think the benchmarks are important and I think making an evaluation a year from now of where we are is important.

The more we do that, the more we back up, and it hurts our strategy.

We have extraordinarily serious concern involving the waste of many, many dollars over a period of years...

I think we have the strategy right. We're resourcing it right.

I'm too familiar with the Soviets having had 110,000 troops there and still losing.

I know you're making changes and maybe they work and maybe they don't work.

Yes, but, clearly, it is not enough. I mean, they are all over Mexico.