I have three areas of concern.

The first is the $800 million reduction in the services' recruiting and retention budgets.

The third area of concern relates to the recent testimony by the service chiefs, particularly those of the Marine Corps and Army, that dwell time will not significantly increase in the foreseeable future.

In many respects, the military personnel systems today reflect a degree of success that would have been questionable three to five years ago.

My second concern focuses on the number of nondeployable personnel in the Army, Army National Guard, and Army Reserve.

You propose to stop new FFEL loan originations as of July 1, 2010. How many schools will need to transition from FFEL to Direct Loans between today and July 1st?

I appreciate Chairwoman Davis visited with me at Fort Jackson, the recruiting and retention school, last year.

Well, it is really, again, inspiring to me to know the talented people serving in the Navy who have volunteered to serve around the world as sand sailors, many of them trained at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

I would like to thank you again for this opportunity to express our concerns on these important issues.

We are therefore pleased to support various measures insofar as they fall within that scope.

It is entirely possible, yes, sir. We always, we would hope for an earlier reporting whenever possible.