the proposed pay raise for fiscal year 2011 is only 1.4 percent, but as you point out, matches the rise in the Employment Cost Index.

The Guard and Reserve, as Senator Webb said, is an indispensable part of this war effort.

Admiral Jeffries, are there sufficient resources--surgeons and mental health providers--to save lives in Afghanistan as we did in Iraq?

We need to do that, and you're well on your way to doing it.

various study groups in recent years have questioned the wisdom of the military's traditional 20-year requirement to earn retired pay

General Schoomaker, please tell me more about the Confidential Alcohol Treatment and Education Pilot program.

I am not happy to hear that implementation of TRICARE for Gray Area reservists is taking so long.

there is widespread concern about the sustainability of military health care benefits.

It really is working.

We're not nearly where we need to be.

We need to know more about the impediments to achieving this goal so that rapid--but equitable--access to the Reserve components can be achieved.

Despite the importance of medical and dental readiness, at the end of the day, my sense is that funding for medical and dental readiness does not compete well with other priorities.

Admiral Jeffries, are there sufficient medical resources to support Marine Corps wounded warriors?

Senator Graham. General Schoomaker, there is disciplinary action pending against Major Nidal Hasan, but we need to know what steps you have taken to ensure that the performance of young doctors in the Army Medical Corps is being accurately…

I want to ensure that TRICARE beneficiaries continue to have timely access to high quality health care during the protest period and the critical transition period to the new contracts.

Do you agree that such a program could be beneficial?

Do we need to look at changing our laws?

Can you assure me that TRICARE's beneficiaries will not be harmed during this contract transition?

The sexual harassment, sexual assault problem is being better identified, and the number of reported cases is growing.

I want to be generous and fair to all those who serve, but there's a cost-containment problem within DOD's budget.

I have read that Medicare has a fraud rate of as high as 10 percent--the highest rate of any Federal program.

We have to make sure that we're not wearing these folks out beyond their ability to respond to the Nation's call.

Yes, I think that is a terrific idea, because all of us, now, are worried about the cost to the country and to--beyond ourselves, which is good, because we all bear these costs.

I promise, when it comes to the troops, we'll be as bipartisan as possible.

I want to hear what they have to say.