Jackie Speier: “So in hindsight now, do you feel that there should be some role for a person like you in each office to review the work…”

It is both a war crime and it is a crime against humanity.

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…

This is a very important hearing because, in fact, we are doing a benchmark review of the work of the DOD.

Chairwoman Speier, we know that there is still more work to be done, and as we continue to review our policies, I commit to working with you and this committee, just as we have always done.