Jon Runyan: “It is important to note here this widespread opposition is not against the policy but rather, how it is being…”

Continued claims of 'misunderstanding' are simply not believable--even if they were, it would show such a level of gross incompetence that disciplinary action would be necessary.

I hope that we can put to rest any notion that the Department of Defense is withholding information that could positively impact these veterans' claims.

We have got to remember that these numbers represent real veterans, real people, and so let us look at that from that standpoint.

I thank the gentleman for his comments on that. And I will just tell the committee that I have had many conversations with the Air Force about this exact issue, and to be able to take a capability away from what we can do in our global…