Sam Farr

Well, that is the question. Is it----

I arrived with a base closure at Fort Ord, 28,000 acres, probably the largest base ever closed.

I would just encourage you to use whatever options you have available to get that land transferred.

It seems to me that, as part of the whole stimulus effort we want to create jobs.

There is no way you can build new schools relying on the local process.

What problem is 50-50? That is pretty good.

Has the Army finalized its cleanup protocols with BLM on how the BLM land is to be cleaned?

Where deadlines are concerned on legacy bases, the Army never met any of them.

So you are suggesting it needs to be modernized to essentially IT is really part of everything and not just a separate standalone.

It just seems to me that now that we are going to build a new facility, that it just makes really good sense, this is right in your footprint, to serve the families of the active duty members who now have to truck over to Salinas.

Well, I think the lesson learned here that is really some advice to both of you, because veterans are everywhere that there are active duty military.

The question is whether you are going to build it as an HCCF, and what I hear from Palo Alto is that there are seven potential HCCF sites scheduled for construction in 2010.

So what we have tried to do, in the meantime, Veterans opened a clinic. It has been so successful it is cracking at its seams.

Thank you for your service.

I think it is an incredible disclosure tool.

It is very interesting to hear this. I am keenly interested in this jointness and then when you get into how it is managed and paid for, it isn't as joint.

Some pending legislation will, I think, allow the Secretary of the Navy to transfer those facilities to the VA.

Thank you for your presentation. And thank you all for your service to our country.

Well, the president is arguing a new era of transparency. Maybe we will have that go down to COLA analysis.

Thank you. That is the first time I have had that explanation. I appreciate it.

Recently, I got a call from a professor at Monterey Institute of International Studies. She is Russian.

The problem is--the military has been very straightforward about this and the Department of Defense, Secretary of Defense has been very straightforward that they need this capacity built up.

The Congress can take the blame. They asked for $150 million, and we gave them $10 million.

I am very keenly interested in emphasis on soft power. I think it is the right thing to do, and I think America can do it well.

I am very interested in seeing what we can do to, perhaps, make that a better decision making process.