02/08/2010
https://www.congress.gov...
"Congress is taking a very careful look at budgets and spending levels; and DOD is not immune."
"there's no better recruiter than a veteran who goes back to his or her home community, and is proud of what they did."
"We have so many people, who are now contracting force, who are doing, at a minimum, quasi-military functions."
"But, I think this young veteran deserves an answer. I think he deserves a response. It's very fair and very supportive of the people who've had to serve, in general."