I just wanted to thank you for bringing this up. I am the spouse of a Vietnam-era veteran, and I recall the era quite well.

I think doing this and doing it quickly now is appropriate, and I want to thank everybody for working in a bipartisan manner to honor the men and women.

I also encourage you to look at the Balancing Act, which I offered with other members of the Progressive Caucus, as an alternative to the dangerous sequester cuts.

How do we ensure ANA/ANP forces can counter the Taliban forces without ISAF assistance, when only one in 23 ANA kandaks can currently operate independently?

As it relates to the planned Air Mobility Command airlift force structure, what is your greatest concern in providing airlift capabilities to support the National Military Strategy and contingency operations to other combatant commanders?

It has been said that Al Qaeda's strategy is to draw the United States into an extended global conflict that validates the narrative that the United States is permanently at war with Islam.

Sequestration cuts are bad policy and bad for the American people.

The cuts to the Department of Defense budget are destructive and indiscriminate.

Are other Pacific nations also beginning to question our commitment to the Pacific region?

Now is the time to reach a level of research and development not seen since the height of the space race.

The Department's strategic guidance calls for cooperative partnerships to bolster common interests in the region.