We have extremely high standards today. I think, in my having served in the United States Army when there was a draft, that having conscription--having people being forced to serve--compromises the extraordinary, I think, capability of our military. This is about putting it back on the shelf, as it was in 1973, and if the President, as Commander in Chief, ever felt it needed to come off the shelf, he or she could do so.
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The fact is, GEO is not cooperative, and so we have an incident here. There could be other incidents down the road.
It has been an honor these first 2 years to represent the veterans--all the veterans in the district.
Thank you for your service all these years on the Committee and the things you have done for the folks in Denver with the Denver VA.
I think the notion that we're still at the point where neither DoD or VA has taken the lead--and I think that one of them has to have ownership for it.
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