When do you believe that JPAC will be fully manned at 100 percent of your current authorizations?

We look forward to hearing your testimony and working with you to fulfill our commitment to our American heroes who are missing in action or prisoners of war.

If JPAC were resourced and funded to expand the number of detachments it could field, would you still object to deploying JPAC detachments to improve the personnel recovery process of the 80,000 World War II POW/MIAs?

And Admiral, I am particularly happy to hear of the cooperation with the government of India, which is now a very strong strategic ally of the United States.

And both you have identified advances in technology--the clavicle identification.

Would the study provide a basis for decisions related to increasing identifications three-, four-, or five-fold?

I believe we must make changes in the personnel accounting system that will dramatically increase the number of annual identifications by a factor of three to five.

Thank you, Chairwoman Davis. And, indeed, I appreciate your efforts that nobody is going to be cut short.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman.

To what degree is the Hawaii location of the Central Identification Lab contributing to your difficulties in recruiting and retaining qualified specialists like anthropologists?

any congressional authorization that we get--a congressional mandate is most helpful to us, particularly as we try to gather the resources needed to do any extra missions.

You will be gone from your position well before any implementation of the study's recommendations.

I have had two sons serve in Iraq.

I believe, successfully defeated the terrorists overseas to protect American families at home.

I am very proud and grateful today.

Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to present the American Legion's views on these pieces of legislation.

I want to urge you to write letters--they can be handwritten letters, they can be e-mails--of how particular legislation, either that is pending or needs to be adjusted or regulations that need to be improved.

It is certainly a big day to have the Gold Star Wives recognized.

I urge you to look up the bill, for all of you.

I would like to thank the chairwoman for having this hearing this afternoon. It really has been very helpful to me.

I am grateful to be working with the Gold Star Wives in support of enactment of H.R. 775, which would eliminate the SBP/DIC offset.

It is my view that Congress can find the additional funding required to protect the men, the women, and their families who make incredible daily sacrifices in service to our Nation.

This testimony will surely help to shape our legislative and funding priorities as we strive to improve the military personnel, health care, and morale, welfare and recreation (MWR) systems of the Department of Defense.

Individual information... is so helpful for us to know the real-world impact of the legislation.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman Davis, for holding this hearing today.