This makes me goddamned mad.
We were successful in having this legislation enacted that put the Commission into place.
It is so easy for us just to gloss over as we try to make the Federal Government smaller.
We achieved a consensus that the Commission would be independent, bipartisan, energetic.
I will tell you, I will not rest as long as I am here until we get this work done.
Well, at a minimum, should we be thinking about legislation that says to the U.S. Government, if someone has done busine...
And I think you have hit the nail on the head, that this has not been a priority for the military.
I honestly believe that at the War College, contracting has to be one of the core competencies.
If you are going to rely on volunteers, you are going to always have a problem.
I believe that is why power plants like Kabul happen.
I do not believe sustainability analysis is going on in earnest in most of these decisions that are being made.