the ``Healthcare for Early Retirement Eligible Reservists Act'' (H.R. 738), sponsored by HASC Personnel Subcommittee Chairman Representative Joe Wilson (SC)

We want to make sure that we have an Afghan government that can stand, that can be stable, that has security and governance without us, because we cannot have a permanent presence there.

We are not going to eliminate the Taliban from the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. The question is can we contain them and what is the best strategy for containing them?

As we proceed, in 1999, one of the achievements of the Clinton administration was a nonproliferation agreement with the Russian Federation.

I am cautiously optimistic that we have made significant progress with the insider threat.

I have been there 11 times and, indeed, I have seen the substantial progress. I just hope it can be sustained.

What is being done to avoid and reduce these attacks?

Are there plans for ISAF [International Security Assistance Force] to work with Afghans to develop a plan to extend U.S. support contracts to assist and mentor the security forces in building critical sustainment capabilities that will…

I think the reasons that we went to Afghanistan still remain.

Additionally, Secretary Clinton was very positive in promoting trade.

I grew up in Charleston, South Carolina, and I have a firsthand experience of growing up with Navy personnel, and what extraordinary people that you work with and who protect our country.

And, Mr. Secretary, considering the significant variability associated with the budget and resulting force structure, is it premature to initiate a BRAC [Base Realignment and Closure] round?

We have to maintain that. So that means that some of the operational readiness, combat readiness will begin to get, we will pay for that to be able to keep those capabilities.

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We agree with this recommendation, and we urge the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Government that the release of all Montagnard prisoners be negotiated for and their release obtained before any more U.S. Government defense and trade treaties…

we had 75 percent of the Members of the House, 85 percent of the Senate, 350 Members of the House, 81 members of the Senate who voted for that authorization bill with that provision in it because they thought it was necessary, that it was…

we also recommend that the U.S. Government continues its dialogue with Vietnam to recognize the Montagnard, Khmer Krom, and Cham as its indigenous people.

Why would we be increasing the fees when in fact the program is working well?

Yes, we have got to have a strong military. We have got to have a strong defense. But they deserve better than what they get from an administration and a Congress that wants to send them around the world and change the culture of countries…

But again, we need to change the way that we get involved in these foreign wars with no end to it.

we urge the U.S. Congress to put pressure on Vietnam to implement the principles of this declaration especially since religious persecution is being experienced by all of the indigenous groups.

The experience is very clear that there are not increases of any significant amount, less than 1 percent.

we had a provision that was put in the National Defense Authorization Act last year that was Section 533 for the protection of rights of conscience of members of the Armed Forces and chaplains.

I was happy to join with nearly 50 of my colleagues, bipartisan, a unique situation of bipartisan concern...

We must not lose the momentum we have gained through this research.