JOHN M. McHUGH: “To use an ax to cut an additional half trillion dollars from defense spending would be perilous enough.”

I think you would agree it is breathtaking, first of all, that we have this problem but that we have it at places such as West Point, Air Force Academy and, of course, at Annapolis, it makes it even more disturbing.

the worst the thing that we can do is ask the men and women serving in our Army to perform a task that we do not equip and train them to do.

Of the many things that trouble us all, Mr. Chairman, the areas you just spoke about, and particularly suicide, are amongst the most troubling.

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