Steve Buyer: “What we seek to do is to mitigate the financial risks of the chronic and catastrophic illnesses to the Active-Duty…”

The most important thing is our military medical readiness.

It should not be lost on the committee that of the five commissioners, all of us have had military service, we are military retirees, we have served this Nation in war and in peace.

I end with this: Tolerance does not require a moral equivalency. Think about it. This is a bad thing to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

We are asking that you give it statutory power to actually implement the recommendations.