Ben Cardin actually said...

I'm honored to be before your committee, and I bring to your attention a serious issue concerning the health of our combat troops.

I'd like to know if--how familiar the three Assistant Secretaries are with this issue inside your departments, and what your thoughts are.

I think there's an inherent conflict sometimes between how good the government is and how much the need is.

The only way it appears to me that we may be able to correct it is through a constitutional amendment.