"I believe our veterans are being unfairly targeted."
"I am pleased to see that legislation I introduced to create a voluntary dental insurance benefit for all veterans and survivors of veterans enrolled for care at VA is on the agenda."
"I will never complain to you about the volume of what we are trying to undertake in this Committee, I will assure you."
"The practice of stop-loss, or involuntarily keeping soldiers on Active Duty beyond the end of their obligated active service, would come to an end by March 2011."
"What impact will the increase in the end strength of the Army have on dwell time?"
"In your opinion, will the Army's share of a residual force of 35,000-50,000 in Iraq continue to be a significant strain on the Army's ability to restore their balance?"
"The challenge continues to be complicated by changing circumstances and increased demand on the force."
"can you assess the impact to Army and Marine Corps operations in Iraq and Afghanistan if you were prohibited from using service support contracts such as the Army's Logistics Civil Augmentation Progra..."
"General Chiarelli, how are you measuring your success?"
"The incidences of suicides, particularly in the Army, were increasing at an alarming rate."
"We simply cannot achieve desired BOG dwell ratios until demand is reduced to a sustainable level."