Jon Runyan: “Overall I believe every organization represented here does a great service to our Nation's service men and women and…”

Any impediments to veterans who might show clear and irrefutable evidence that they should be granted benefits, should be considered.

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…

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.

Intimidation or retaliation, not just against whistleblowers but against any employee who raises their hand to identify a problem, is absolutely unacceptable.