Patrick Leahy actually said...

We've written to you on the question of more transparency of where equipment goes--we appropriate the money for it, and we kind of lose sigh...

I would add, again, Secretary and General, that I don't raise this just out of a parochial concern for the 1,800 from Vermont, but for obvio...

I think the Army Guard is going to be better equipped, better trained, and in a better position because of your service.

I know you both know the 86th Mountain Brigade, that's upward of 1,800 very proud citizen soldiers from the Vermont Army National Guard are ...