01/30/2013
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"The last thing we want to see is somebody who is struggling be hesitant to seek help, because they are worried about, 'Will people start to look at me sideways because of this?'"
"How do we maintain a high level of readiness in the Guard as we go through decreasing budgets, decreasing deployments?"
"I introduced legislation earlier this year that ensures that this average becomes a minimum, not only for Active Duty, but for Guard and Reserve."
"How are we going to partner with industry? How are we going to work together with our intelligence officials and others to secure the integrity of the supply chain of what we have?"