Bob Kerrey: “I think the moment that ends, no matter what you pay men and women, they are not going to sign up.”

Well, first of all, I think you would be having a difficult time retraining men and women to serve in the military had this Congress not made all of the changes that it made since we have been fighting this war for the last 14 years.

You have locked yourselves together into the idea of opposition. Opposition not to an idea but to a man, a man who came to this town green and experienced in our ways. And he wants America to do better, to be better, and to continue to…

We believe, however, that they are crucial to ensuring that we carry out our responsibilities effectively.

The reforms we have embarked on over the last 16 months... are substantive and systematic, not just cosmetic.