your testimony indicates that health care costs are expected to grow from 6 percent to more than 10 percent of the 000 top line by fiscal year 2015.

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

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

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.

What you're pointing out is very important to the country, and I appreciate your interest, and we'll get some answers to these real legitimate questions.

I want to hear what they have to say.

The equipment problems in the Coast Guard seem pretty serious to me. We have an aging fleet.

Could you please elaborate on your testimony regarding a 'platinum 15 minutes'?

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

I was gratified to learn that enrollment in TRICARE for Reserves has grown significantly since last year.

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

do you agree that many troops are taking more than one kind of psychiatric drug, 'mixing daily cocktails,' and that this behavior can lead to suicide?