I might argue that in the days of Kissinger, we were more successful than we are today.
The Senate Armed Services Committee meets to continue our series of hearings on defense reform.
the current Commandant, General Robert Neller, is challenged, for example, by the reality of having to spend approximately 68 percent of his...
I do not see that as something that would enhance the combat warfighting capability of our units.
the Senate passed the original Goldwater-Nichols Act by a vote of 95 to nothing.
the cost growth of personnel expenditures in general is unsustainable.
We must always measure any reform against the military's unique mission of combat effectiveness.
We must always ask what problems we are trying to solve.
Put simply, our All-Volunteer Force is the greatest fighting force in human history.
Any consideration of personnel reform must begin from that basis.
None of these issues are simple. None of them are--that there's just a easy solution to them.