Are you confident that you can meet your goals without changing any standards in recruiting or retention?
I am pleased that the Army is responding to the stress of overseas deployments by temporarily increasing end strength by 30,000.
However, these ongoing operations have strained our troops.
Integration began in the Army. That is the first place. It was not the Interior Department or any other Department; it was the Army.
I encourage you to include us in the decision making process as you proceed.
I think the general view is that we will be able to ramp down our forces over time.
With all this, would you find that an active duty soldier fighting together with a Reserve soldier side by side, one getting full benefits, ...
Surely, there can be no more precious resource than our children.
It is essential that we work together to assure that the children of Indian country are protected from abuse.
we continue to improve upon our data collection efforts as well as our ability to track those who have abused children.
While this Committee has already taken important strides to reverse action taken by the FCC, further discussion of these issues is warranted...