"To what extent should your budget be protected from budget cuts in the year of execution?"
"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..."
"I am very proud and grateful today."
"I have had two sons serve in Iraq."
"I believe, successfully defeated the terrorists overseas to protect American families at home."
"Mr. Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to present the American Legion's views on these pieces of legislation."
"Hon. Joe"
"Thank you, Madam Chairwoman Davis, for holding this hearing today."
"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 Dep..."
"I am especially grateful that we will hear today from Ms. Margaret McCloud, a Gold Star Wife whose husband, Lieutenant Colonel Trane McCloud, was killed in action in Iraq."
"Madam Chair, based on my review of the testimony submitted to us, the recommendations made by the various groups fall into two broad categories: one, those that are strictly policy issues that require..."
"While fiscally more difficult, many of the proposals that will make an immediate and positive impact on our service members and their families fall into the latter category."