How will a moratorium on Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) affect the pending cases of servicemembers facing discharge?

Diversity in thought, in perspective, and in experience is and will remain critical for success in conflict prevention and on the battlefield.

If the supplemental is being replaced by the OCO request, then why is there such a large disparity?

my colleagues and I have spent much of last year debating the issue of health care reform. After nearly a century of false starts and broken promises, Democrats came to Congress determined to enact comprehensive reform. We were confident…

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Every time a veteran commits suicide in our country, the VA has failed in its responsibilities.

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I think this is an issue that the census ought to take up in consideration and not just leave it to the States.

I want it to be known that I was able to hook up the Chicago operation with Stan Moore and we had a major event there to kick off the necessity for having everybody counted.

we in Illinois in our General Assembly have introduced legislation that states that the census would readjust the count for incarcerated persons back to their residence, not in the areas where the facility is.

I hope that things are moving as we had discussed, Director Groves, during our private meeting, especially in the area of the minority, underserved, or undercounted communities.

But when that prisoner is counted, Mr. Groves, it is added to that community.

My hometown has 14,000 people and there are 900 in the prison. Of those 900, 800 of them are from Chicago.

I just think what Dr. Groves just said, that we should get that on tape and make a commercial out of it. That was a hell of a commercial that you just made for the people to fill out the census.

But that is no benefit--the community is benefiting by that in various ways, and one way is totally unfair to the community.

What about the various activities after the census is over and there has to be an undercount, or an assessment of the undercount.

Mr. Chairman, in the urban communities or the suburban communities, door-to-door sometimes works.

Sure, and for the prisoner, you are eating and sleeping in prison.