I'd also like to recognize her leadership in this area both while she was the Chairwoman of the committee and now as the Ranking Member.

That is extraordinarily encouraging, and I have seen domestically the success of telemedicine.

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That is great news. Thank you.

I would also like to recognize her leadership in this role while both--when she was chairwoman of the committee and now as ranking member.

Thank you for attending a meeting of the Military Personnel Subcommittee Hearing on Mental Health Research--very important to the military.

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I am committed to support DOD's goal to prevent and treat these devastating conditions.

But it does not appear to be a precipitous cutoff?

We cannot rest until we have created every opportunity to change such an awful statistic.

I would like to welcome everyone to a meeting of the Military Personnel Subcommittee on the very important issue of military suicide prevention programs.

I particularly want to thank you.

Suicide by members of our Armed Forces is particularly distressing to me because I consider military service an opportunity for a person to achieve their highest ability of fulfilling life.

Every one of them is a tragedy; every one of them has a deeply personal story.

I am deeply concerned about the uncertainty of sequestration and the coming budget challenges, how that will affect our service members and their families.

I want service members to know they are talented people who are important and appreciated by the American people.

I suspect that if we come back a year from now and we have a similar hearing, we will have more red lines throughout the world instead of fewer red lines.

the policy of the United States is to change Assad's calculations so that he will cease the killing

I am so pleased with the success of Plan Colombia.

Well, congratulations--an extraordinary success story.

Thank you, very much.

Unfortunately, I think the MOX [mixed oxide nuclear fuel] option is really interesting, but unfortunately that MOX facility is 10 years behind schedule, and over $10 billion over budget, and it is looking less and less like a viable idea.

I am particularly concerned about insider attacks.

I had the privilege and opportunity of actually having breakfast 4 weeks and a day with Benazir Bhutto before she was assassinated, so the possible dissolution of Pakistan certainly is of great concern.

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