I am troubled by the 41 percent increase in deaths by suicide by our service members in the past 5 years.

sexual harassment needs to be taken out of the chain of command as well, because sexual harassment begets sexual assault.

last year you made a commitment that you would deal with the issue of sexual assault. You actually delivered on that commitment.

On the very last day of Women's History Month, I want to draw attention to the fact that there is an insidious form of gender discrimination that goes on in this country from cradle to grave. It is called the pink tax. It costs more to be…

How do you ensure their independence from command influence or personal loyalties within their unit?

Whatever the GAO report finalizes, you are going to embrace it and you are going to make the changes necessary to comply with it?

I mean, when a police officer shoots his gun and someone dies or is injured, they are immediately put on administrative leave.

So, it seems like we should be checking their credentials.

I think we are all interested in the same thing.

I think the expectation is that we are not credentialing--we are not allowing anyone to provide health care to our service members unless we have verified their credentials.

Reliable is not quality. Reliable is not comprehensive.

If there is malpractice associated with that care and you are not in a war zone, then you should be eligible for compensation under the Stayskal Act.