Frankly, we don't see any strain on the force, the way it's working.

Actually, when I was Assistant Secretary of Defense, we did----

As a former infantry rifle platoon and company commander, I think the question needed to be asked.

There's been a lot of discussion about the impact of these multiple deployments on employer relations.

How does that affect your ability to train up a ground soldier?

The question, though, is whether we have the right information to truly compare, because there are a number of concerns.

It's a very troubling statistic, to me. I hope we can look at it, not simply medically, but in these other ways, as well.

TRICARE will not be affected, as long as I have anything to do with it.

Senator, I'm not familiar with the article, but I think you raise, obviously, a very important question about the extent of prescription drug use and whether this is an indicator of stress, or is this a new push to medicine?

I'd just say as an observation, one, we do have a really stressed, young force, because of these deployments.

I know Senator Graham has to go, and he wanted to----

There's no greater responsibility for Congress and military leaders, as our witnesses all know, than to care and provide for our servicemembers and for their families.