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The administration's argument is that if a GI Bill benefit is too good, it'll reward veterans too richly for their service and draw them away from re-enlisting.

We servicemen depend on Congress to be our union, to fight for us, to set the standard for the rest of the country as to how we are perceived, how we are respected within society, and how we are valued.

It was a groundbreaking week for the way the Department of Defense handles PTSD among its ranks.

The whole notion of contractor self policing is absurd at best. The self-reporting process is a useful mechanism for major contractors to limit their liability by settling with the government for pennies on the dollar.

Simple morality, and sense of decency, demands a change. We cannot continue taking such gross advantage of those who have offered themselves in service to our country.

Could the White House have been taken in by reports from overeager commanders in the Gulf who sent panicky reports with an exaggerated sense of threat from Iranian boats?

Earmarks can be good for democracy. This is the first lesson we must not forget. But our second lesson must focus on the need to check routine abuses.

We are failing to keep our most precious allies safe from harm. The endless bureaucratic hurdles imposed upon them by the United States are literally a matter of life and death.

It will take the Congress to establish a commission to start peel back the layers of fraud, fat and waste in this war and find out why the troops are still not getting what they need.