I would just like to say one other thing. I would like again to associate myself with something that Senator Warner said and express my gratitude to your father for the service that he gave our country and for all of us to remember that he…

I would be interested in having those as you assume your new job. I think it is something worthy of discussion on the costs.

I have a high regard for Admiral Fallon.

I have run out of time and I wish all of you gentlemen the best in your new positions.

I know the sacrifices that they've had to go through to help you reach the position that you're in.

I had a political position and an advisory position, but I was a part of an administration and I was identified with that administration.

It's a really serious issue, in terms of what we are trying to do.

I intend to support, strongly, everyone here.

I think it's a serious problem in a lot of different ways.

political considerations have to come in play.

when you have a uniformed military individual making political judgments and giving political advice to a political administration.

I would submit that if those other individuals were properly doing their job, this position wouldn't be necessary.

These 15-month deployments are going to wreck the Army.

we need to get back to the goal of a 2-to-1 rotational cycle for our troops.

I would like the opportunity to pursue that at the subcommittee level.

I am deeply troubled by the 15-month deployment requirements that have been put on the Army.

the question has been, how we recuperate, as a Nation, for what many of us believe was an enormous strategic blunder.

I think that he is the right individual for this job.