I think the most important thing in thinking about 2010 is not thinking about this as necessarily a first step toward--in a democratic transition, but to think about 2010 as a huge reorganization of this system that's going to throw up unexpected dynamics, that's going to bring fresh blood and new people to the top of the regime.
Jim Webb emphasizes the importance of viewing the 2010 elections as a significant reorganization rather than a simple transition.
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You can't renegotiate the front end once the back end is done. This is an obligation that has been made to people whose military careers are now done.
That is why I am so outraged to hear some of the actions of the bad actors in the education community.
As a Senator, I have never forgotten what mattered all those years, that my country was willing to invest in me when I returned home from my military service.
It is a comprehensive, commonsense piece of legislation, and I am confident we can put this together on a bipartisan basis in order to save the integrity and the value of the best GI Bill that our country has ever seen.
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