Saxby Chambliss

How could Congress modify this provision to further incentivize and appropriately reward members of the Reserve components who deploy for significant periods of time?

What sort of clarity could Congress provide to eliminate some of the ambiguity and inconsistency between the Services in this area?

The intent was not that a servicemember should be rewarded for any aggregate duty of 90 days that they served over their Reserve career.

First, my intent was to reward servicemembers who perform Active Duty for significant periods.

It is, in fact--law--and therefore should be followed until it is repealed or deemed unconstitutional?

Second, my intent was to reward servicemembers who were activated, mobilized, deployed, or called to duty in support of a contingency operation.

USERRA is intended to eliminate or minimize civilian employment disadvantages resulting from service in the Reserve components and protect the rights of those members when they deploy.

During a decade of sustained engagement in combat operations, the Reserve components of our Armed Forces have been transformed from a strategic force of last resort to an Operational Reserve Force that provides full-spectrum capability to…

In my view this should include any duty, in the continental United States (CONUS) or outside the continental United States (OCONUS), which is related to a contingency operation or national emergency.

Actually, Senator Tester and I have an amendment that we're going to offer in the authorization bill this year that I think will clarify that.

The number of service men and women experiencing significant financial problems with their mortgage companies and banks is unfortunately well known.

Making these changes fully retroactive to September 11 is the number one benefit issue in the Guard and Reserve.

The twin border cities of Ciudad Juarez and El Paso, TX, are a primary crossing point for drugs smuggled into the United States.

The 2010 QDR reinforced the focus on stability operations as an integral and co-equal element of full spectrum operations.

Moving away from the expensive and carefully coordinated attacks of September 11 on New York and the 7/7 London bombs, al Qaeda in Yemen says it is now going to focus on smaller, cheaper strikes in an effort to bleed the enemy to death…

More importantly, al Qaeda used this forum to announce a marked shift from historically accepted terrorist dynamics to a clear-cut strategy of attrition designed to economically cripple the west.

Is creating additional CA and PSYOP/MISO force structure the best use of taxpayer funds?

Given the importance of PSYOP and Information Operations... puzzles me.

Would embedding CA within Army BCTs help resolve some or all of these capabilities gaps while also conserving resources during an era of increasingly constrained budgets?

Is creating additional CA and PSYOP/MISO capacity the proper way to solve a capability shortfall?

Mr. Wechsler, is there any assistance that Congress may be able to provide?

While there are funds requested for F-22 squadrons, I do not find any funds for the Multifunction Advanced Data Link (MADL).

For only $107 million investment for each RERP kit and installation, RERP pays for itself.

I understand that the Air Force already modified a C-5A to the C-5M Super Galaxy configuration and that its performance is comparable to any of the modernized C-5Bs (now C-5Ms).

It is my understanding that there are differences in the functionality and cost of active and passive RFID technology.