I want to follow up, if I can, on one of the questions that Senator Brown was asking.

I just want to make sure that we do not continue to have our incentives maybe misaligned, that we actually do a better job of saying we are going to compensate schools, not just for the number of people that they put through the program.

It is an important battle, or issue, and it is one that is actually relevant here.

The purpose is to try to make sure that the men and women that are serving our country are getting the best deal that they can, a fair deal, and that the taxpayers are getting a fair deal, as well.

It strikes me as strange, if that is the way it breaks out, $360 million on tuition assistance payments for distance learning courses.

That seems strange---- especially in a climate where we know that the product that is being delivered, the education that is being delivered to a lot of our students, frankly, is disappointing, even disturbing.

I think it is important to keep those goals in mind.

The Deficit Commission... has provided us with a road map out of this morass, reducing the cumulative deficits of our Federal Government over the next decade by some $4 trillion.

If we want to reward success, how should we be measuring success and this Tuition Assistance Program?

Senator Webb was really the driver in the new G.I. Bill, the most generous G.I. Bill we have ever seen in the history of our country.

I am pleased to see that the GAO investigation... has helped to spur the Department of Defense and the Department of Education to begin a better dialogue.