Well said. In that respect, it probably goes back to one of the possibilities that I was raising here.

I pushed so hard to get this GI Bill through.

Recognizing at the outset that each one of these components has its own personality and its own way of conducting operations, it's a question that varies, just in terms of the way people are used, I fully recognize that, going in.

I think one of the unsung heroes of this war are the medical personnel on the front lines.

I can't believe you're going to do that. I don't think there's any operational requirement that should cause you, at this point in our history, to put that kind of pressure on our people.

I think that this is a good time, with your coming in, to get a strong analytical look at how all of the special incentive pays, bonus pays, reenlistment pays, enlistment--how all of these fit together in a way that is beneficial to the…

It needs to be fundamentally changed.

I believe it was your written testimony that had the chart on the percentage of military medicine that was being provided to retirees.

I found it really interesting, that a majority of the healthcare was going to dependents, retirees, et cetera.

I need a breakdown of who served: ethnically, racially, by Service, by year; and what the casualties were, by Service, by race, by ethnicity, by year.

It preserves the citizen-soldier concept.

If Congress should enact a law that says, 'Pay money for this circumstance,' typically, it says, under regulations established by the Secretary of Defense...