Would it be wise for Congress to put such a condition on war funding? Would it undermine the mission?

The outcome is uncertain. We want to win. We should win. But, you have to do the things to win.

Even Senator Lindsey Graham, who was recently in Afghanistan, says he saw firsthand how the old rule was failing soldiers and how dangerous suspects were being released because of the 96-hour time constraint.

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

I think we need to look long and hard at finding a way to call people in from the Reserves to Active Duty for limited periods of time without presidential consultation.

General Green, are you designing strategies in behavioral health and suicide prevention tailored to those at highest risk?

A lot of these people could hold their head up high and walk away, basically say, 'I've done my time.'

We have statutory limitations on how often you can be called up.

The healthcare component--how do we get a grip on this?

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.

I want to make sure they can be used in a logical way.

I think the law needs to be changed, quite frankly.