Jon Runyan: “This should not and will not come at the expense of our Nation's heroes and the sacrifices they made.”

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…

From where I have--where I come from and the way I was brought up, stepping up and saying you were wrong is the first step to fixing it.

You don't want to rob Peter to pay Paul, or fix one problem by creating another.

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.