Jackie Speier: “Oh, I absolutely agree with that. And I think that we have got to just face some very fundamental facts. If you continue…”

The Army has implemented the command assessment program, which has been successful at weeding out toxic and ineffective leaders.

We must restore local control to the community.

Do you think that this is going to discourage women from serving in the military?

I thank the gentlewoman for her service then and for her service now. Her comments about young servicewomen just out of high school or college, who find themselves pregnant and seek an abortion, reminds me of a story that I heard at a base…