Patty Murray actually said...

"Extending TRICARE service to cover the 'gray area' between retirement from the reserves and the start of retirement health benefits would improve our ability to care for reserve members and their fami..."

"It is really important to me that our airmen have everything they need to fight our wars overseas, both today and in the future."

"I want to make sure that we maintain a domestic industrial base that can respond to the ongoing need of our warfighters."

"Hope to is not a definite timeframe."