Jim Webb

That's a huge leadership question, too, when you turn around to people who are out there really having to do the hard work, and you can turn around and say somebody came in for a change of command for 2 days and got this huge break.

I think so much of it comes from the improvised explosive devices, where people are inside vehicles and you have this echoing impact that a regular blast, in other wars, did not really experience.

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.

Thank you very much.

As a Service, from our most senior leaders to our newest airmen, we remain committed to a zero-tolerance standard of sexual assault.

I do not think that people who served in the military should have that burden, in and of itself.

The TRICARE fee increase proposal violates a moral contract that the government has with those who served in the military.

I am delighted to be serving with Senator Graham, as the ranking member, of this subcommittee.

One is, stewardship lasts a lifetime, when people step forward and serve.

Thank you again for your continued support of our brave airmen and their supportive families.

It is an absolute pleasure serving with him, and I salute his resiliency.

We must ensure our airmen and their families are safe, healthy, and resilient.

To take care of him, his orphan, and his widow is a cost of war.

This is a program that's had kind of a complicated history.

I start from the presumption that lifetime healthcare for career military personnel is part of a moral contract between our government and those who step forward to serve.

Congress is taking a very careful look at budgets and spending levels; and DOD is not immune.

I am acutely mindful of our special obligation to see to the needs of servicemembers and their families and I take that responsibility very seriously.

The national debt may be our biggest national security threat as we move forward.

In your testimony, you note that South Korea has never prosecuted a citizen for child sex tourism, and that Japan's last prosecution was in 2005.

But, at the same time, I wouldn't think you're in any way suggesting that the quality of the legal system and societal stability in Nigeria is superior to that of Japan.

The way that they resolve a lot of these issues--it may not be the way that we do, but it's very effective in terms of fairness and stability in their society.

I think that's a general confusion, because in the way that this rating system is designed...

I would have to say, I had a number of friends--including a good friend who lives in Singapore--that were sort of amazed at this categorization.

Seems to me that the implicit assumption in this legislation, at least the way we're measuring output, is that human trafficking is best addressed by country-based programs.