But the key to it is to protect the integrity of the system, is it not, and the evidence that comes from it?

I think it was a flawed program.

But the grants, Senator Pryor brought this up, does the grant program do detriment to a lot of the rural counties?

The unemployment rate jumped to 4.2 percent February 2008. February 2009, it had gone up to 8.7 percent. February 2010, it is 11.1 percent, it was.

This needs to be changed.

But we should never, never lose focus on the student.

if we can't get the stuff to the commanders in the field, it's not worth the investment.

But if you go where the need is, you are going to go to a lot of the rural areas, too, are you not?

My State of Alabama, the unemployment rate in Alabama, February 2007, was 3.4 percent. We had some good years, a lot of good years.

I will be brief, but I don't get this chance every day.

I think it was a flawed program.

Alabama has, it is my information, had a high school graduation rate of 67 percent, compared to the national rate of 74 percent.