Stop-loss masks the recruiting problem. We are talking about thousands -- if not tens of thousands -- of troops who are being held past their release date.

We're talking about the loss of a very active father with his 10-year-old.

It was a very important win. After (Thursday's) loss we were kind of down all night. Nobody was talking.

It's better to be sitting here talking about playing poorly and winning than going home with a loss.

The requirements are pretty onerous.

Once you tell the bad guys that you have a created a program in which people can get around security, then you have created an incentive for them to tap into that system. Do you really want that?